Posts by adamw

Should be good. May learn a bit about Steve.

A new Mac trojan has just been identified. It was released into the wild about March 16th, and uses the same Java exploit to gain access and infect Macs. More info: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/n...eraction/11545 Look for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Might be a good idea for Apple to buy Little Snitch and fold it into OSX. I was thinking the same thing the other day. Little Snitch would be a cheap investment for Apple to make to ensure...

I commend Apple for releasing this standalone Flashback trojan removal tool, for people who do not have Java installed (on Lion). This should help take some of the confusion and frustration away. Thank you Apple.

Quote: Originally Posted by Shapethings Count me as one of the 600,000. I was infected. I'm normally pretty cautious too. I thought that I was being cautious too, but I still got infected with this trojan. This Flashback trojan has...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cinder6 Interesting...it was my understanding that, according to F-secure, Flashback wouldn't install itself if you had Little Snitch (or a host of other programs). Am I reading this wrong? I was infected...

I was initially infected by this Flashback trojan on my Mac, and even the manual removal instructions did not get all of the trojan's files, which still tried to send info out over the Internet, but thanks to the Little Snitch app for...

Thanks for the extra information about removing the trojan... Here is a new report which finds that a secondary source, Kaspersky Labs, has also verified the 600,000+ figure of Macs infected with this trojan. They did testing to...

Since I found I was infected with this yesterday and removed it, I was told to download the "Little Snitch" app, which I googled and installed the 3 hour demo of. I thought my system was clean of this trojan, as I followed the...

As a person whose Mac was infected under Lion by this trojan, and removed it yesterday, I sure would like to know more about why Apple included another Java update 2 days after the first one. Edit: Since posting, I have found what was...