Not meaning to squelch groundless speculation or toss water on any potential flamefests, but here's some actually useful info.
The virus arrives courtesy of Java, a 3rd-party product, and infected websites. It relies completely on social engineering to infect your Mac -- you have to be fooled into installing a fake Adobe Flash Player update. http://allthingsd.com/20120406/whats-this-a-mac-virus-no-actually-its-a-weakness-in-java/ https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193441/Flashfake_Mac_OS_X_botnet_confirmed You should run Software Updater to get a new version of Java that avoids this thing. Apple released that update a couple of days ago. If you managed to become infected in the meanwhile, read this ... http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml ... or wait for Apple's promised Flashback remover that is reported to be in the works. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:21 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/mac-users-should-fear-viruses-more-widespread-attacks-likely-coming-experts-146861715.html > > Kinda scary, if anyone is jumping on any AV software bandwagons, let me > know. > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
