- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- August 13th, 2012
Around 140K Macs Still Infected with BackDoor.Flashback.39
Dr. Web says 3 to 4 new infections occur daily, though the botnet is shrinking
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 30th, 2012
Flashback Trojan Most Present on Snow Leopard Machines
Leverages Twitter to search for controllers and communicate with servers
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- April 24th, 2012
Macs Running avast! Antivirus Didn’t Catch the Flashback Flu
Flashback Trojan doesn’t affect systems running Avast’s free antivirus app
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 21st, 2012
Warning: Flashback Trojan Still Alive and Kicking
Dr. Web’s analysts say “the number is still around 650,000”
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 14th, 2012
Official Flashback Removal Tool 1.0 Released
"This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed", says Apple
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 13th, 2012
Kaspersky’s Original Flashfake Removal Tool Is Flawed, Download v. 1.1
Blunder forces the security software vendor to release updated version
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 13th, 2012
Apple Details the Security Content of Its Java Updates
Security updates remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 13th, 2012
Apple Releases Flashback Trojan Removal Tools
Malware removal tools annihilate the most common variants of the Flashback malware
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 12th, 2012
F-Secure Rolls Out Flashback Removal App for OS X
The third security vendor to release a Trojan killer ahead of Apple
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 11th, 2012
OpenDNS Blocks Flashback Trojan
Even infected users can benefit by switching to OpenDNS, says marketing director
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 11th, 2012
Detect Flashback Trojan with Intego VirusBarrier X6
Mac security software vendor offers free solution to detect all variants of the malware
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 11th, 2012
Kaspersky Releases Free Flashback Trojan Killer for Mac OS X
Flashbackcheck.com launched so you can check and see if your machine is infected
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- April 11th, 2012
Apple Acknowledges Flashback Malware Threat
The Cupertino computer giant promises to release a removal tool
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- April 10th, 2012
How to Detect the Flashback Trojan on Your Mac
Simple utility checks and reports the presence of Flashback malware
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 6th, 2012
In Light of BackDoor.Flashback.39, OS X Gains Second Java Update
Apple releases new Java installment that patches Macs infected by Flashback Trojan
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- March 20th, 2012
Cocktail 5.1.4 Thwarts the Latest Flashback Trojan on OS X
Maintain releases new version of its general purpose utility