on 2012-04-11 8:21 David J Brooks wrote
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/mac-users-should-fear-viruses-more-widespread-attacks-likely-coming-experts-146861715.html
fwiw this is not a virus, it is a Trojan horse; users have to be fooled into thinking they are installing a Flash update, and then give it permission by entering their login password; not that a real virus is impossible
Kinda scary, if anyone is jumping on any AV software bandwagons, let me know.
big Apple mistake not to patch its Java sooner, but there are so many people who never update their computers, it might not matter; i would recommend having Java in the browser off anyway, and take a breath and think whenever you install something
i also recommend Little Snitch, which incidentally causes this particular Trojan attack to delete itself
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