600,000 Apple MAC (OS/X) infected by the flashback virus

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600,000 Apple MAC (OS/X) infected by the flashback virus

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See here: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Trojan ... 15237.html
You can obtain more data with the keywords 'DrWeb flashback apple'.
The recommendation is to remove any FlashPlayer-plugin and reinstall a certified version.

This seems to be also valuable for Linux.
I have been obliged to do the same correction two days ago, after observing some strange thinks with Firefox, specially under YouTube.
I disabled the Adobe repository, removed their flash plugin, and instead I installed gnash.
I cannot imagine why nobody though on this before, including myself? It is so simple!...
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re: 600,000 Apple MAC (OS/X) infected by the flashback virus

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thanks for taking the time to share this path finder!
. I can assure the reader that there is something special behind the stork's bills.
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