Flashback trojan on 10.5.8

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Flashback trojan on 10.5.8

I´m a OS X 10.5.8. user. Now my iMac is infected with the flashback trojan. Especially my gmx mail-account is forwarding spam-massages. What do I have to do?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 24, 2012 3:53 AM

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WZZZ

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Apr 24, 2012 5:12 AM in response to LedBe

That isn't necessarily a symptom of the Flashback. What other symptoms are you experiencing? It sounds like your mail account may have been hacked or spoofed. Change the password immediately and be sure you aren't using the same password for other things.

Is your 10.5.8 running on an Intel or a PPC Mac? The Flashback isn't known to attack PPC.

Here is a reliable detection and removal tool, at least as of 4/12.

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002346.html

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LedBe Author

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Apr 24, 2012 11:08 AM in response to WZZZ

Thank you for your answer. Actually my Mac has got an Intel processor. But so far I have not detected other symptoms apart from a failure to install an update. It said my volume isn`t big enough (which is strange). I had the same password for my e-mail account and for my Mac administration

I ran the tool which you recommended and it said. "clean of flashback"

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BDAqua

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Apr 24, 2012 11:51 AM in response to LedBe

Disable Java in your Browser settings, not JavaScript.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5241?viewlocale=en_US

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=142064

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20turn%20off%20Java%20applets

When you do a Get Info on your Boot Drive, how much Free Space does it say it has?

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