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onehandle

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1. Hundreds of millions of PCs are infected by variants. You can check here...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:13 PM

Apr 2012

For PCs and Macs: http://botnetchecker.com

Macs can automatically update to defend against this stuff. People who were infected probably don't allow this.

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Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware' {Flashback Trojan} (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 OP

Hundreds of millions of PCs are infected by variants. You can check here... onehandle Apr 2012 #1

Nice link, thanks ! nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #2

lifehacker has an easy guide to determining if you're infected nashville_brook Apr 2012 #3

interesting note...flashback exploits java not OSX nashville_brook Apr 2012 #4