Half a million Mac users hit by Flashback virus

[MarkoD]

"The virus is spread when computer users are tricked into visiting a compromised website, which then loads a malicious executable file (.exe) onto the user's computer."

Well it's a good thing macs don't open .exe files or this story could be an actual concern

[makana]

"On Tuesday, Apple finally released a Java patch for its newest operating systems, nearly two months after the Java problem was fixed for Windows, Linux and Unix, reported the Naked Security blog run by the U.K.-based security software company Sophos."

I'll stick with Linux thanks! All the security and none of the price.

[subman]

Even if it was half a million macs got the virus thats a very small number compared to the total macs in use.

oh and Radions are better than Ai sols
and
vortechs are better than tunze
and
all my stuff is better than yours

(jk of course)

[jtbadco]

Hahahahaha

[reefme]

Originally Posted by subman

Even if it was half a million macs got the virus thats a very small number compared to the total macs in use.

oh and Radions are better than Ai sols
and
vortechs are better than tunze
and
all my stuff is better than yours

(jk of course)

You forgot to say I have more money than you.

[subman]

oh yeah...
and Kevin has more money than me!

Rofl

[reefme]

I only got Vortechs no Radion. Hehehe

Originally Posted by MarkoD

"The virus is spread when computer users are tricked into visiting a compromised website, which then loads a malicious executable file (.exe) onto the user's computer."

Well it's a good thing macs don't open .exe files or this story could be an actual concern

The Flashback trojan is actually loaded via a Java applet and exploits a Java security vulnerability that was first discovered and patched by Oracle over a month before Apple released their patch.

Don't kid yourselves fellow Mac users - we are FAR from immune from malware and this example is only one of the most public and widespread infections reported. There will be many, many more....

[marie]

Originally Posted by patd

The Flashback trojan is actually loaded via a Java applet and exploits a Java security vulnerability that was first discovered and patched by Oracle over a month before Apple released their patch.

Don't kid yourselves fellow Mac users - we are FAR from immune from malware and this example is only one of the most public and widespread infections reported. There will be many, many more....

I have Sophos antivirus on my mac, are there better antivirus programs out there?

[globaldesigns]

Just wanted to make fun, in reality no one is safe, and because there are some masses of macs now in the world, it is worthwhile to the virus writers to utilize them. I just like poking fun at anyone that thinks they are immune. No one is, even linux, unix, whatever.

The only safe computer is one not connected to the internet, with no dvd/cd rom or any ability to plug in an external device. But then all you have is a calculator!