Flashback Removal Tools available for those WITHOUT Java installed?

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Flashback Removal Tools available for those WITHOUT Java installed?

Apple's own KB says that this tool is available for "OS X v10.7 or later without Java installed". Is this a typo? Am I missing something? (I do that from time-to-time.)

You must have Java installed in order to become infected by Flashback.

I have Java installed, and when I ran Software Update, there was nothing new available. Can anyone with Java installed confirm that they were able to download and run this tool via Software Update?

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 8:10 PM

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John Galt

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Apr 16, 2012 8:14 PM in response to deanspants

Yes, it is a defense against running an unprotected version of Java in the future. If it is available to you in Software Update install it. If you downloaded the recent Java 2012-003 update it will not appear nor is it necessary.

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