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(deleted) Thu 05-Apr-12 21:27:05

Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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.

ian_c
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 05-Apr-12 22:06:35

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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Is it annual "let's try to scare the Mac users" time already?

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(deleted) Thu 05-Apr-12 22:08:48

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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.

stniuk
(experienced) Sat 07-Apr-12 17:37:01

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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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(deleted) Sat 07-Apr-12 17:47:54

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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.

billford
(moderator) Sat 07-Apr-12 18:03:25

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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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ian_c
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sat 07-Apr-12 18:38:02

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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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Anonymous
(Unregistered)Sun 08-Apr-12 11:22:22

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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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.

ian_c
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 08-Apr-12 12:14:52

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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It's not Safari, it's Java.

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Anonymous
(Unregistered)Sun 08-Apr-12 12:51:18

Re: Flashback Trojan affects half a million Macs

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??

Ultimately it is Safari or any other user application being hijacked.

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