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Our Anti-Virus for Mac detects the latest Flashback variant as Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.K.

Here's some of our recent Flashback descriptions:

• Flashback.I
• Flashback.K

 

Our previous Mac related posts include instructions on how to disable Java, how to check for a Flashback infection, and manual removal:

 

• Mac Malware at the Moment
• Are you having a (Mac) Flashback?
• Mac Flashback Exploiting Unpatched Java Vulnerability

 

===> For those of you celebrating the Easter Holiday this weekend — if you're visiting your parents and they have a Mac — now is the time to update, disable, or remove their Java client plugin/installation! <===

 

(And that goes for Windows too.)