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According to a Russian AV firm half a million Macs have been affected by the Flashback Trojan.
From the BBC News website...
and from F-Secure.
The Java for OS X update (66.6MB) has been available via software update for a couple of days now.
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Is it annual "let's try to scare the Mac users" time already?
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Dr Web also notes that 274 of the infected computers it detected appeared to be located in Cupertino, California - home to Apple's headquarters. 
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Yes the security companies are trying (yet again) to set up the virus software tax on mac users.
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But there are perfectly good free anti-malware packages for the Mac, just as there are for Windows. Not much of a tax, really.
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And they would seem to be effective enough that, according to the F-Secure article, this Trojan aborts the installation and deletes itself if it finds one of them installed.
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The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband moderator but it does not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
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And, of course, in addition to patching the Java issue it will have added the fingerprint to the Malware Removal Tool
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Flashback can't gain root/administrator control without user input. Still a concern though that Safari can be so easily hijacked.
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It's not Safari, it's Java.
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Ultimately it is Safari or any other user application being hijacked.
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For years i've been told by all who cared to tell me
" my mac is not able to get a virus, it's "impossible"
it was [censored] then and it's [censored] now so in your face!
It's a trojan not a virus, there is a huge difference.
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It's a trojan not a virus, there is a huge difference. Tell it to the Greeks.
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It's a trojan not a virus, there is a huge difference. Tell it to the Greeks.
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
The majority of malware on Windows as well requires user input. In fact the anti-malware industry pretty much says that the reason for anti-malware software is to provide a popup to REMIND USERS they shouldn't click install. 
Good reason to keep computers in the labs with trained staff. "Ordinary users" should be given pens and paper 
James - be* pro - 16.8 or 17.2mbps BQM
Still waiting for FTTC cabinet since Mar 2011- THFB PCP 5
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