Scroll down to the Plug-ins section, and click the link that says 'Disable individual plug-ins.' If you have Java installed, you should see a 'disable' link underneath its listing. In Google Chrome, open Preferences, and then type 'Java' in the search box. In Safari, this can be done by clicking Preferences, and then the Security tab (uncheck 'Enable Java'). If you need Java on your Mac only for a specific application (such as OpenOffice), you can unplug it from the browser by disabling its plugin. F-Secure has additional useful information on this Trojan attack here.Īs Ars notes, although Apple stopped bundling Java by default in OS X 10.7 (Lion), it offers instructions for downloading and installing the Oracle-developed software framework when users access webpages that use it.

Early versions of it prompted Mac users to enter their password before it would run, but the most recent strains will happily infect vulnerable Mac systems without requiring a password, writes Ars Technica, among others. Dr.Web's post is available in its Google translated version here.įlashback is an increasingly sophisticated malware strain that sniffs network traffic in search of user names and passwords. Apple's marketing efforts are at least partially responsible for this.').

The revelations come from Russian security firm Dr.Web, which reports that the Flashback Trojan has successfully infected more than 550,000 Macs (hat tip to Adrian Sanabria who wrote on his blog '(.) many Mac users have been lured into a false sense of security, and will be, or may already be, in for a rude awakening.

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