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Apple In recent CNET stories, CNET blamed Apple for not updating Java for Mac in a timely manner to prevent vulnerability to the Flashback trojan gorse (virus). I fired back that Apple had stopped development of a custom version of Java and instead directed users to Oracle [...] From the avast blog: Mac computers running the beta version of avast! Free Antivirus for Mac were not infected by the Flashback Trojan. “We’ve confirmed our app’s detection abilities for Flashback within the test lab and with reports from our beta testers,” says Jiri Sejtko, director of AVAST Virus Lab operations. [...] The media is at again. This time its CNET that is warping the story about Flashback and who is at fault for its proliferation. In their two day old story they try to convince the unknowing masses that the spread of Flashback was due to a flaw in WordPress. [...] iPhone 4S “Someone is going to go postal on the Geico gecko. Every week it seems another unsolicited solicitation from the insurance company best known for its Aussie-accented pitch-lizard appears in my mailbox along with stacks of credit card offers, catalogs, nonprofits’ pleas for money, fly-by-nights wanting to refinance my mortgage and [...] Apple “Haven’t upgraded to Lion or iCloud because you still haven’t forked out money for Snow Leopard yet? No worries, Apple has your back,” Joshua Schnell reports for Macgasm. “Apple is now giving away Snow Leopard to potential iCloud customers.” [...] Apple First it was Consumer Reports that tried badmouthing Apple, only to have to back pedal and admit the truth, now Greenpeace is in the middle of embarrassing themselves by claiming that Apple’s new datacenter is not green and giving Apple a poor rating in their latest survey. The problem is that [...] Apple Apple has released “Flashback malware removal tool” which removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. Im not sure why this separate tool is being offered, and how to use it (I installed it but it does not leave an app behind so it must run in the background, or [...] iPhone 4S “In the past 24 hours, Apple appears to have started prompting iOS device owners and those with Apple IDs within iTunes to make their accounts more secure, requiring them to pick three security questions and enter their answers when they download a new app,” Matt Brian reports for The Next Web. [...] Apple Apple has release a Java Update which removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. I told you not to worry. If you were one of the very few that installed the virus on your Mac via very poor computing practices, Apple has come to your rescue. Just update your Mac OS and the [...] Apple Do not go to the Dr Web website to check your Mac for the Flashback virus. Dr Web are the bad guys and will try to infect your Mac when you go there. Confusing, I know. Dr Web released a story to the media that they were a security research firm, [...] |
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