Apr 8, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By David Murphy It’s been quite a week for Mac owners. And that’s all thanks to Flashback, a drive-by-download attack that requires absolutely no input by users in order to install itself on one’s Apple system. Visit a malicious website and...
Apr 6, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
Apple’s claims to be virus free are a thing of the past… The no-so-new FlashBack trojan with a botnet of 600,000+ macs doing it’s bidding has well and truly ended the Apple claim that viruses are a “PC thing”. More details on FlashBack If...
Apr 6, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
Have you read about the 600,000 strong MacOS-X botnet? Were you aware that a simple Java exploit was the cause? Further – were you aware that at LEAST since September of 2011 – that Apple knew of the flashback threat – and yet the Java distribution...
Apr 4, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
Russian antivirus company says half the computers infected with malware designed to steal personal information are in the U.S. – with 274 located in Cupertino. More than half a million Macs are infected with the Flashback Trojan, a malware package designed to...
Mar 30, 2012 | NOD32 News
Support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 is being discontinued because it is outdated and relies on “retired” Microsoft operating systems. We recommend that customers who currently use ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 upgrade to the latest version available, free of...
