Apple Update Removes Flashback Trojan

Today, Apple released another update to Java. This is the big one, it adds further protection against Flashback (and other trojans like it), and it also completely removes the trojan if your Mac was infected. The update will stop Java applets in your browser from automatically running, which will help prevent issues like this in the future. Also, the security hole that the trojan originally used has been closed.

So, fire up Software Update (in the Apple menu) and rest easy. Flashback has been, once again, defeated. As of yesterday, a study done by Symantec showed that the number of infected Macs was down from 600,000 to under 270,000. That was before Apple released this update. With Apple's latest update, that number will be reduced closer to zero (it would be zero if everyone fully updated their Macs). Time to forget all about this Flashback thing, right?

via 9to5Mac and MacObserver