How to Check if your Mac Malware Definitions List is Updated

Are you wondering how to check your Mac Malware definitions list is updated or not? Well, Apple has released Mac OS X Security Update to protect Mac from malware. Mac OS X security update automatically download and update it’s malware definitions list from Apple. If you want to know how to manually check if the list is updated or not then simply follow the steps  posted below using which you can manually check whether the list is updated or not.

How to Check if your Mac Malware Definitions List is Updated

STEP 1. First you have to launch the Terminal of Mac OS X.

STEP 2. Now you have to paste the command given below in the Terminal of Mac OS X:

cat /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resourses/XProtect.meta.plist

STEP 3. Now simply look at the data entry between the string tags, as shown in the image below:



The integer tag shows which version the definitions list is and the date listed shows when the file was last modified. In this way you can manually check whether the Malware definitions list of your Mac is updated or not.