What's up with rumored Flashback infection of 500,000 MacBooks?

Two Helpful Links Regarding Flashback Trojan

A link to a great User Tip about the trojan: Flashback Trojan User Tip

A related link in the tip to a checker: Malware Checker Dowload Link

A Google search can reveal a variety of alternatives on how the remove the trojan should your computer get infected. This can get you started.

dabusse wrote:

What's up with rumored Flashback infection of 500,000 MacBooks?

It's bogus. I have seen one person who has an infection but is not in the database of infected machines and other person who is in the database but is definitely not infected. There are definitely a few people who seem to have the trojan. But judging from the amount of traffic here, the 500,000 number seems to have a few too many zeros compared to reality.

Consider the source - a Russian software vendor.

Kappy wrote:

Consider the source - a Russian software vendor.

Here is what Symantec says: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2011-093016-1216-99

Hmmm. 49 infections seems a far cry from 1/2 million, I'd say. 🙂