I've just seen it, Michael (and Ian). Here's a post on a User Group list on
that subject:
> Macworld now has an article about this:
> <http://www.macworld.com/article/1166254/what_you_need_to_know_about_the_flashback_trojan.html>
>
> I've now sent out a mailing to over 9,000 subscribers of The MacAttorney
> Newsletter about Flashback, and I've posted about it on a dozen Mac
> discussion lists. So I've reached somewhere around 20,000 Mac users. So
> far, not a single user of the many who have written back has been infected
> with Flashback.
>
> While I have no doubt that Flashback is real, and that it is a good idea to
> do all that you can to protect yourself from it, I'm beginning to think that
> much of this scare was hype invented by anti-virus software firms.
>
> Some research on the Web turns up speculation that the "600,000 infected
> machines" written about may not have necessarily been Macs. It may include
> other OS's.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if, after all is said and done, that not a single one
> of us will be infected by Flashback, and not a single one of us will know
> anyone first-hand who has been infected by it.
You can always deselect "enable Java" if you use Safari.
Chris
On 6 Apr 2012, at 21:41, Michael Collins wrote:
> Mebbe, mebbe not.
>
> 600,000 Macs Worldwide Reportedly Infected by Flashback Trojan
> - Macrumors, Thursday April 5, 2012 6:41 am PDT
>
> http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/05/600000-macs-worldwide-reportedly-infecte
> d-by-flashback-trojan/
>
> On 4/6/12 4:23 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> There have been repeated rumours of Mac malware, but none has developed as
>> far
>> as I know.
>>
>> Chris
>> On 6 Apr 2012, at 21:22, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> My software needs are pretty simple. Photoshop and a word
>>> processing/office package. Guess, I may need a good anti-virus based on
>>> the
>>> news this
>>> morning.
>
>
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