Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Apple promises Flashback malware killer

Better late than never, I suppose. This comes from computerworld.com.

"Week after firms put infected Macs at 600,000+, acknowledges infections
April 11, 2012 06:39 AM ET
Computerworld - Apple on Tuesday for the first time publicly acknowledged a malware campaign that has infected an estimated 600,000 Macs, and said it would release a free tool to disinfect users' machines.
"A recent version of malicious software called Flashback exploits a security flaw in Java in order to install itself on Macs," Apple said in a support document published Tuesday. "Apple is developing software that will detect and remove the Flashback malware.""

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