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Old 04-20-2012, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by chas_m View Post
I would remind some of the participants in this thread that all of us who are running Snow Leopard or above are ALREADY running an anti-malware program from Apple. It is what is protecting us from the earlier Flashback variants RIGHT NOW. I don't know why it couldn't be used for the Java exploit (though I have a theory on that), but generally speaking, we are ALREADY COVERED in this regard.
Generally speaking, we are already covered. Except when we aren't. If it's not 100% covered, then you are at risk. "Generally" isn't cutting it.

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