How do remove Stuxnet from an imac

My friend has an Imac, he is 85 years old

How do i help him remove stuxnet from his imac


Mac mini (M2, 2023)

Posted on May 22, 2023 7:38 AM

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Posted on May 22, 2023 7:48 AM

It's extremely unlikely he actually has Stuxnet on his Mac.


This worm was written to seek out and infect hardware specific to operating centrifugal machines in the purifying of uranium.


Once the code was discovered (and stupidly) made public, the Flashback trojan was designed around the Stuxnet code. That was back in 2012. Flashback has been patched against on the Mac since then.


In short, he doesn't have it.

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May 22, 2023 7:48 AM in response to eugenefromsk

It's extremely unlikely he actually has Stuxnet on his Mac.


This worm was written to seek out and infect hardware specific to operating centrifugal machines in the purifying of uranium.


Once the code was discovered (and stupidly) made public, the Flashback trojan was designed around the Stuxnet code. That was back in 2012. Flashback has been patched against on the Mac since then.


In short, he doesn't have it.

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