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Flashback!

Apr 7, 2012   //   by Mike Mannion   //   Blog  //  No Comments

Something tells me that the fine folks in Cupertino will not be enjoying their Spring break.  Yep – Apple has a full-scale trojan virus/malware thingy on their hands, and it appears to be exploiting Macs either exclusively, or more likely, as a matter of sheer convenience.

The “Flashback Virus” takes advantage of an older Java flaw that Apple didn’t release a patch for right away.  Once on your system, it goes looking for info (passwords, etc) and then reports back to a central server.  The infection percentage is something like 98% Mac OS, 2% “other”.  For much more detail, go to:  http://www.macworld.com/article/1166254/what_you_need_to_know_about_the_flashback_trojan.html

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