People click through certificate warnings all the time, mostly because they don't know or care what it means. I don't think the scenario is as far-fetched as you seem to think it is.
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600,000 Macs Worldwide Reportedly Infected by Flashback Trojan
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It's a little out of my element, but if they know where the instructions are coming from (h t t p ://95.215.63.38/, according to the article), can nothing be done with that? Sure, I suppose it could pop up again somewhere else, or is that address only one of x that are being used?
Just wonderin'
It's a little out of my element, but if they know where the instructions are coming from (h t t p ://95.215.63.38/, according to the article), can nothing be done with that? Sure, I suppose it could pop up again somewhere else, or is that address only one of x that are being used?
Just wonderin'
it infects itself in every binary you run. It also installs itself just by visiting a webpage, and exploiting a security hole. No user interaction necessary, besides just visiting a bad URL.
Is this a hole in 10.7.3 with java? Because I am still running 10.7.2 and haven't updated it because nothing was wrong with what I was using. If I'm protected on 10.7.2 ill stay where i am instead of upgrading.
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I just checked my updates again and I have a java update 2012-001. Should I not update this, considering this is what the problem is?
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I just checked my updates again and I have a java update 2012-001. Should I not update this, considering this is what the problem is?
The article has clearly stated that you need to use Terminal, which involves commands and some deep knowledge of what you're doing, for Flashback's removal.
In Windows, you just need to use Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool or a decent anti-virus, which involves 1 or 2 clicks.
Yea, it's gotta be very hard to click things. I mean, typing commands in Terminal must be simpler.
I know that MacRumors is an Apple oriented place, where Apple lovers come to discuss things about Apple's product. But, posts like the one I quoted make it look like a fanboy place, not an Apple technology discussion place.
Right. Also, you are alright if you have Office 2008, Office 2011, or Skype installed on your system. So, pretty much everyone
I think not. I do not have Skype, and using Office 2004 - works just fine.
Why would users have a problem accepting a certificate from Apple?
Remember, even heavy users are not techno geeks.
Pardon my ignorance but my use of terminal has been somewhat limited. Do I enter the commands one at a time or both at once? Also, since I have Office 2011 installed the terminal commands are not needed as stated in previous posts?
Thanks in advance for helping me to understand.
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Awesome, I'm clean .
(And I love knowing terminal. It allows you to work your way around a lot of stuff. Like having to rely on apple's recovery software when your hard drive fails. It sux and kept failing to save anything cause it kept coming across one bad file (but instead of skipping it it just refused to do anything). But knowing terminal allowed me to explore the hard drive manually and save what I needed when it was crashing).
. (And I love knowing terminal. It allows you to work your way around a lot of stuff. Like having to rely on apple's recovery software when your hard drive fails. It sux and kept failing to save anything cause it kept coming across one bad file (but instead of skipping it it just refused to do anything). But knowing terminal allowed me to explore the hard drive manually and save what I needed when it was crashing).
I thought Apple computers needed no malware or virus scanners/cleaners because the OS is a fortress and blocks all intrusion in to the system?
Well given that there were instructions posted on this thread it is as simple as copy/paste
.But yeah, for some one like my parents it probably would confuse them. But honestly, at that point it's just like following a recipe, I don't get people who can't do that either.
I thought Apple computers needed no malware or virus scanners/cleaners because the OS is a fortress and blocks all intrusion in to the system?
You had to install a program that looked shady at best.
Yup. 100000% agree. As a mac user I can be Smug that I am virus free! Irrelevant that malware is where the damage is being done these days.
The majority of people who own a Mac are J6P, not computer savey tweakers.
They paid the extra money for a Mac because it is easy to use and only allows performing a task using one single method. Not multiple methods like the Win OS.
These are the people who will get infected. They click on pop ups, emails & anything that their computer tells/asks them to do.
Go to the link posted on the original post rather than that. It gives you explicit instructions. You post the first command that guy gave you, and if that one finds nothing (blah blah does not exist), then you post that other line, and if that one finds nothing you are clean. Otherwise there are some other steps you need to be doing that are explained in the article.
From the article on removing the infection it states that this is the case only in "Infection Type 2". See screen shot attachment.
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From what I understand most hackers these days don't bother with virus's anyways. Trojans are easier and easy enough to get people to fall for it they don't need to create virus's.
Check to make sure your mac is clean, then go get all the updates. It doesn't make sense to stay behind date unless you absolutely have an incompatible application. Those updates are there to protect you.