Correct, and enough tools to protect you exist (including your brain).
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Yes, the Terminal commands on several websites can help you. It is probably faster, if you use these tools:
http://www.macupdate.com/find/mac/flashback
Btw:
http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus-tools
Obviously not, since they just issued an update for Java.I heard that Apple stopped producing their own versions of java? is that true?
Is Flashback a virus? It's malware, but is it a self-propagating virus? And it's not true that Macs have fewer viruses because Windows is "more popular". OS X is inherently more secure, but as Flashback proves, it's not 100% bulletproof. But as Apple has proven with this update, the good design of OS X allows them to protect users, even after an incident arises.
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Correct, and enough tools to protect you exist (including your brain).
Obviously not, since they just issued an update for Java.
It's quite common for developers to stop supporting older OS versions. While the time frame or number of "generations" may vary, they all do the same thing.Yeah, that's what I mean by "on their own." Apple is leaving those users on their own.
I was under the impression that several key tools like Google Docs run in Java.
If so, now what?
It's quite common for developers to stop supporting older OS versions. While the time frame or number of "generations" may vary, they all do the same thing.
I completely agree. I wish the support window was longer for Leopard.And in Apple's case, that window is now very small. But official support is one thing, and just a little helpful suggestion is something else that would not seem unwarranted in a case like this.
True, I had a moment of brain fade. Thanks for correcting meAre you confusing Javascript with Java? Apart from the name, there is no connection between the two and it's Javascript that Google Docs makes heavy use of in the browser
Also the fact that Mac OS by default has its ports closed vs. windows leaving them open by default adds another layer of security to the system.
If you simply type the following into Terminal, you're protected:
touch /Applications/ClamXav.app
Before making statements like this, perhaps you should look at the current release of Windows.
Very few ports are open by default.
Are you logged in as an admin user?i just did this and got this
adams-MacBook:~ abucci$ touch /Applications/ClamXav.app
touch: /Applications/ClamXav.app: Permission denied
am i doing something wrong?
Yeah, me too! Right after the update, it showed a little window that said the malware had been detected and removed... or something along those lines. I hope that's a good thing, but I'd like someone else to confirm they saw a pop-up like this on their computer after they downloaded the update.Dude, I ran the update and it said it was "detected and removed". WTF!!!!
There's nothing in this malware that can do that.Couldn't an infected machine be updated remotely to be capable to killing anything known to remove it?
Yeah, me too! Right after the update, it showed a little window that said the malware had been detected and removed... or something along those lines. I hope that's a good thing, but I'd like someone else to confirm they saw a pop-up like this on their computer after they downloaded the update.
Yeah, me too! Right after the update, it showed a little window that said the malware had been detected and removed... or something along those lines. I hope that's a good thing, but I'd like someone else to confirm they saw a pop-up like this on their computer after they downloaded the update.
There's nothing in this malware that can do that.