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Author:	Topic: Have you tested your Mac to see if you have been compromised by the Flashback Trojan?
Ashleigh Allsopp Member
	Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:46PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	In April more than 600,000 Macs were reported to have been infected with a Flashback Trojan horse that was being installed on people's computers with the help of Java exploits. Flashback Trojan is considered to be the largest Mac malware threat to date. We'd like to know whether or not you have tested your Mac to see if it has been infected by the Flashback Trojan. Let us know here.
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defcom Member
	Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:07PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Yes found nothing, switched off Java years ago.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Have you tested your Mac to see if you have been compromised by the Flashback Trojan?
Orca Member
	Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:16PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested 2 iMacs and a macBook Pro. All negative.
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Jaded Member
	Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:02PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested 8 machines, nothing.
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macservice Member
	Posted: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:10AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested 34 Macs, all clear. Chris MacService
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Author:	Topic: Re: Have you tested your Mac to see if you have been compromised by the Flashback Trojan?
AlanAudio Global Moderator
	Posted: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:18AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, tested 5 Macs of my own, 11 others in person and quite a few others by talking them through how to do it. Nothing untoward found on any of them.
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ardent Member
	Posted: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:55PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested using an on-line device recommended by ??? (might be MacWorld!), showed that had been affected, but that it had not attempted to install Flashback Trojan because I had ClamXav.
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alanaha Member
	Posted: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:30AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested 2 macs. Nothing
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Dragonfly Global Moderator
	Posted: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:48AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested 2 at home, and 3 at work.... nothing, but running Sophos now as a precaution.
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BULLEID34081 Member
	Posted: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:44PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Ashleigh Allsopp, Tested using the Terminal option and was all clear. Was 99.9% certain in the first place that I hadn't been compromised but better be safe than sorry.
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