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Apple: We’Re Working On Software To Find And Kill The Flashback Trojan

#1 Ken Gracey

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 05:29 PM

Can I say IT's about TIME...

Just in case you missed the news, a trojan horse that could infect your mac, has surfaced through Java, and has infected over 600,000 macs, and its taken apple about 2 months to do something about it :unsure:

Anyway, know they have identified it. that are finally writing a piece of software to correct it.

Anybody out there been hit up by this bug ?

Come on 20K

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 07:13 PM

Nope, my Mac is clean. I've never subscribed to the all too often heard mantra that Macs are invulnerable and have always had security software

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 09:34 PM

I've read about this bug, but what does it do?

I haven't checked my Mac.

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 03:56 AM

Islandhead, on 11 April 2012 - 07:13 PM, said:

Nope, my Mac is clean. I've never subscribed to the all too often heard mantra that Macs are invulnerable and have always had security software

How did security software help in this case?

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 08:09 AM

Intego released a fix weeks before Apple did (Apple don't have a fast track recorded for patching as I'm sure you've all read)

I know that its a constant game of cat and mouse and it's impossible to be secure 100% but I've always preferred a safety net.

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 04:20 PM

Islandhead, on 12 April 2012 - 08:09 AM, said:

Thanks for that,

Yes it's the cat and mouse game that interests me, Perhaps I am being overly fatalistic, but it's also why I do a weekly (sometimes fortnightly) backup as well as time machine. I'd hate to have all my backups killed as well!

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 05:07 PM

Yeah, I do the same, backupwise. I also check software and antivirus update daily and shutdown my MacBook and turn of the modem/router completely when I'm out (I always remember reading about 'the safest wireless network is one that is turned off

and when it is on I have a strict access list of devices) Paranoia isn't for everyone but it's kept me safe for years as a windows user and the past two as a Mac user.

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