


Several places on the net offer infection tests. You may need to watch your financial data to ensure no one has hacked that or stolen your identity more carefully.
AMAZING SLOW DOWNER FOR MAC OS X 10.5.8 UPDATE
If you appear to have been infected, and have a machine that supports 10.5.8 (Intel Macs older than August 28, 2009), 10.6.8 or 10.7.3 backup to a new place before installing any software, so you can see if you can apply the 10.5.8, 10.6.8, or 10.7.3 update if needed, and the patch it with Apple's patch to Java that corrects the hole in Java.
AMAZING SLOW DOWNER FOR MAC OS X 10.5.8 SOFTWARE
Ignore any requests to update Adobe software from non-Adobe websites, or Java from non-Oracle or Sun websites, or Apple's Software Update. Post to if you believe there should be a statement.įor PowerPC, 10.6.0 to 10.6.7, 10.7 to 10.7.2, 10.5.7 and earlier, disabling Java is probably the best action you can take to avoid being impacted. From what is known PowerPC users generally are unlikely to be affected, but this may change in the future, though Apple has yet to come out with a definitive statement. Please read the entire article to determine what is needed first before jumping into the fray.įor 10.7.3 users who do not have Java installed, Apple has now released a Flashback removal tool.įor 10.5.8 Intel Users, May 14, 2012, Apple released this patch and removal tool.

Links below to the removal tools should only be applied after backing up. Java 7 release 7 is needed for 10.7.3 to avoid the most recent issues with Java.Īdobe has posted this link to check your Flash version.Īpple has posted a knowledgebase article about the Flashback malware. Java 6 release 35 for Mac OS X 10.6, and Java 6 release 35 for 10.7. Java 6 release 35 and Java 7 release 7 are both verified to not have the zero day vulnerability. To check which Java version you are running, see this link. Flashback was a serious attempt to cause damage to Macs with Adobe Flash & Oracle's Java on April 7, 2012.Īdditionally, it was recently found that Java 7 has some known security holes which should be avoided.
