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OSX

Classification

Summary

'OSX' is the platform designator used by F-Secure to identify programs that run on the Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) operating system developed by Apple, Inc.

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Technical Details

'OSX' is the platform designator for programs that run on the Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) operating system developed by Apple, Inc.

The 'X' in the name references the fact that the operating system is the tenth version to be produced and used in Macintosh computers. All previous versions of the operating system are identified with the platform identifier 'MacOS'.

OSX malware

OSX malware can be found in the wild, though they are less prevalent than malwares targeted to other, more popular operating systems. A few of the OSX malwares we have described in the past include:

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