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Mac Trojan attempts to disable OS X anti-malware safeguards

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Mac Trojan attempts to disable OS X anti-malware safeguards

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A Mac Trojan now in circulation attempts to disable OS X's built-in anti-malware protection, known as XProtect, according to security firm F-Secure. Identified with the label OSX/Flashback.C, the Trojan first decrypts the paths of XProtectUpdater files, then unloads the XProtectUpdater daemon. To finish the job, the malware then overwrites the XProtectUpdater files with a blank character....

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As this disguises itself as an Adobe Flash Player install, make triple sure you have downloaded the real Flash Player, if you do need it.
 
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I actually had an adobe flash player upgrade pop up mane 2 weeks ago. I thought it was a bit weird, but never knew/heard about anything up until a few days ago. It was the first one to ever do so. I didn't even have safari open when it popped up. Is there a way to check and see if you've been infected? I've been reading up on this in other online posts, and can't find anything.

I HATE ADOBE FLASH PLAYER!!!
 
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So slowly but surely they're trying to infect our Macs with Trojans, Nice.


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I HATE ADOBE FLASH PLAYER!!!
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Me too, I hope it's eventually replaced with something better...
 

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