![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Assuming you haven’t disabled the anti-malware automatic updates (not recommended) and you are connected to the internet, this list should update on it’s own from Apple every day. The date listed shows when the file was last modified, and the integer tag shows you which version the definitions list is. Look at the most recent date entry shown in the returned results.System_profiler SPInstallHistoryDataType | grep -A 5 "XProtectPlistConfigData" |grep "Date" For MacOS Sierra and earlierĬat /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ Launch the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/). ![]() You’ll need to use the command line for this, but it’s otherwise a pretty simple procedure: How to Check When the Mac Malware Definitions List was Last Updated We’ll show you where the malware list is located on Mac, and how to determine when it was last updated, and if you want to, we’ll additionally show how to forcibly update the malware definition file on Mac so that everything is up to date as it should be.īy the way, the malware definition list is commonly referred to as “Xprotect” and it is one of a variety of major security features in Mac OS aimed at preventing malware, along with Gatekeeper and MRT. ![]()
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