[Macpartners] Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting

[John Kane]

Interesting.

But before I click on this link, does any one have advice on this? 
I would hate to click on the link and get sick.

Thanks,

John


At 8:43 AM -0400 4/5/12, Michael Tiernan wrote:
>Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting
>
>By <http://arstechnica.com/author/jacqui-cheng/>Jacqui Cheng | 
>Published about 15 hours ago
>
>Variations of the Flashback trojan have reportedly infected more 
>than half a million Macs around the globe, according to Russian 
>antivirus company Dr. Web.
>
>Here's a link to the article and discussion about how to check to 
>see if your machine is infected:
>http://tinyurl.com/6vtpkml
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