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Old 05-01-2012, 07:10 PM
Flashback OS X malware estimated to net authors $10K per day

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The malware known as "Flashback" that was believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of Macs may have paid out as much as $10,000 a day to its authors.
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Old 05-03-2012, 10:27 AM
I am far from a Mac apologist as any of the Mac apologists on this forum will tell you, but has anyone seen any actual reports from users of their systems being infected with Flashback? I have only seen vague estimates coming from Kaspersky and the like.
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