Still trying to remove Flashback from your Mac? Antivirus firms to the rescue

[iPanik]

Those eager to check for and remove Flashback malware from their Macs won't have to wait for Apple to release its own software, as two security firms have now swooped in with their own tools.

The rest at Ars Technica

 

[iPanik]

Look who is seizing the opportunity for some cheap publicity

I didn't know that Kaspersky was in possession of actual UUIDs. They probably got those from a sinkhole, wonder if that is only possible with Flashback/ Mac malware.

 

[Jack]

No surprise here.... Security companies will try to exploit this incident as much as possible, lets not forget that they have a real financial interest in this matter and let us much Mac users as possible know that their OS can be/get infected.
I'm still surprised on how sophisticated this attack was and wonder which cyber criminal would have wasted so much resource into building it...
Truth be told , I wouldn't be surprise if in 10 years , when all the MAC's will come pre-installed with an AV ,we would hear that the first successful virus for MAC was created with some marginal and indirect help from the security companies..
Of course if you have a MAC and suspect an infection.. run this tools and then use an antivirus to secure your system..

 

[jamescv7]

Probably a wake for those users of Mac that a bulletproof OS is likely a myth and everything has a vulnerability/ exposed of threats. A lesson to have a protection at any platform.

 

[Jack]

Apple's Flashback malware remover now live
Apple's removal tool for the Flashback malware is available as part of a Java security update that went out today.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57413316-37/apples-flashback-malware-remover-now-live/

Not a good day for Apple....from 'Macs can get infected' to 'here's the removal tool' it's a very long way....
Interesting that Apple is not offering this as a removal tool but as an ' Software update' ,nevertheless disabling the automatic execution of Java applets is a good decision....

 

[Gnosis]

I want to start my own malware removal service. Maybe I will approach MAC users so I can charge them double.

 

[Ink]

Java was bundled with their OS, correct?

Who ever thought of that idea should be fired. Lol.