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    Apple's Flashback removal app query

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jitto, Apr 14, 2012.

  1. Jitto

    Jitto Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    I just carried out a software update for my mac running os x lion 10.7.2 and installed the flashback removal tool. AFter download it said that the file was successfully installed.

    My question is, how do i access it? I mean its not on the applications folder and tried searching through spotlight to no avail.

    Can someone please clarify this for me?

    thanks in advance
     
    Jitto, Apr 14, 2012
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  2. kornchild2002

    kornchild2002 Notebook Deity

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    As far as I know it was just an update to Java that would stop Flashback if it was installed on your system automatically. It wasn't a dedicated program that you could run that would hunt it down and remote it. The update was a patch to stop the exploit from running.
     
    kornchild2002, Apr 14, 2012
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  3. Jitto

    Jitto Notebook Consultant

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    Cheers thanks for the reply :D
     
    Jitto, Apr 14, 2012
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    No, that update was a few days ago. There was an update yesterday that automatically removed the virus / malware for most of the variants. It did this automatically afaik.
     
    masterchef341, Apr 14, 2012
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    Right except that when I downloaded the update (yesterday), it didn't show it as an OS X update but rather an update for Java.
     
    kornchild2002, Apr 14, 2012
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