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

[Justin Fleming]

Hey Steve,

Those scripts appear to do the trick, although the first script only checks Safari, and not Firefox (which may or not be an issue).

Another option might be this Flashback checker app, available for download from github, which runs the same three Terminal commands, including the check for Firefox: https://github.com/jils/FlashbackChecker/wiki

~ Justin
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On Apr 10, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Steven M Burke wrote:

<duh> - here's the site.

http://mashable.com/2012/04/05/mac-flashback-trojan-check/




On Apr 10, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Steven M Burke wrote:

Does anyone have any thoughts on recommending the following site to check for the Flashback Trojan?

2 Apple Scripts which would be easy for anyone who isn't comfortable with the Terminal.


-Steve


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