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It is supposed to be like that. Antivirus software always works as a driver in the kernel, no other way. You'll get the same in Linux, for example. In MacOS it
by kykqx 2y ago
It is supposed to be like that.
Antivirus software always works as a driver in the kernel, no other way. You'll get the same in Linux, for example. In MacOS it may be slightly better (if I remember right Darwin is a micro-kernel), but in fact a broken driver still can crash the system there.
- philistine 2y ago> Antivirus software always works as a driver in the kernel, no other way. You're confidently wrong: https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/ https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/
- kykqx 2y agoThis page is only about using some APIs, that are now supposed to be called through wrappers. I would say it significantly limits the developers, and also may introduce additional flaws.
- philistine 2y agoYet it is how antivirus works on Mac now.