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| Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:21 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422 howto on detection and removal http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan- ... ck_i.shtml java update has been released via apple update ... |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Flashback Trojan |
All clear here, and Java updates applied. It's that fake Flash installer to blame - more social engineering. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
I have Java turned off in my browsers. I don't need it, and I'm not entirely sure why it's still there. Flash will go the same way eventually. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Flashback Trojan |
Apparently, you need it for XCode, so if you are a developer, you can't take it off your system. I think Java's days are numbered too. It clearly never took off as the cross platform platform it was intended to be, and needs a quiet burial at sea when no one is looking, and where the rabid enthusiasts can't find it. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
I think you might be right with regards to OS X, Paul, but on other platforms it's still surprisingly common. The whole suite of analysis tools we use in work are all written in Java, though it uses lots of Windows specific stuff so would never run on another platform. OS X was always problematic because it had a different UI and UI guidelines than other platforms. Part of the problem as well is that developers don't think in a cross-platform way. I've used tonnes of tools written in C# or Java (and even a few C/C++) which don't work on my Mac because the developer was a Windows user and never thought that someones home directory would be anywhere other than "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%", or that path separators would be anything other than a backslash ("\"). Java provides ways of overcoming these things, but if the dev doesn't know/care then it won't be cross-platform. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:09 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan | |||||||||
We earn good money off of Java development. It is still used a lot. In corporates, it is probably only surpassed by Visual Studio and on web platforms it is second or third behind PHP and Ruby - probably number one, if you include modern corporate intranets. |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
Checked my Mac last night, all clear for this particular bug. Mark |
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| Author: | davrosG5 [ Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
Some of works software is Java driven so I doubt it will be dying any time soon Checked my mac and no sign of problems but I do have AV software (Intego) as a matter of course. |
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| Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
new java update via apple update available ... |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
one word - minecraft. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
Oracle releases Java SE 7 Update 4 for OS X: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/ ... upport.ars Now to find how to remove Apple Java and see how Oracle are going to update it. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:13 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan | |||||||||
Oh, joy. Whenever I start up Windows, I get nagged about a new Java update. I guess my Mac will start niggling me about these on a more frequent basis. If something needs that number of patches, I’m more inclined to not to want to bother with it. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Tue May 01, 2012 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan |
If you don't have any websites which need Java, just uninstall it... 
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue May 01, 2012 10:51 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan | |||||||||
Java is not installed by default on Lion. However, when I first ran Adobe CS3, it required the Java runtime, so I had to install it.  My browsers have had Java switched off for years. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Tue May 01, 2012 12:06 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Flashback Trojan | |||||||||
It's not websites I need it for... Cyberduck, LibreOffice, TextMate, Eclipse, Netbeans and VirtualBox all require Java to an extent, as do the few apps I've written in, well, Java... |
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