Why, if I have not installed Java, is Flashback malware a threat on my mac?
Why, if I have not installed Java, is Flashback malware a threat on my mac?
Mac mini (Mid 2011)-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Older variants of Flashback did not rely on Java, and if you upgraded to Lion after becoming infected with a Java variant, you would still be infected even without Java. (The malware itself does not need Java, only the installer for recent variants does.)