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A Week After Apple's Fix, Flashback Still Infects Half a Million Macs
Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Security firm Dr. Web released new statistics Friday showing that the process of eliminating Flashback from Macs is proceeding far slower than expected: On Friday the security firm, which first spotted the Mac botnet earlier this month, released new data showing that 610,000 active infected machines were counted Wednesday and 566,000 were counted Thursday. That's a slim decrease from the peak of 650,000 to 700,000 machines infected with the malware when Apple released its cleanup tool for the trojan late last week. Earlier in the week, Symantec reported that only 140,000 machines remained infected, but admitted Friday that an error in its measurement caused it to underestimate the remaining infections, and it now agrees with Dr. Web's much more pessimistic numbers."
I figure it is because they dont feel they need to update since Apple products are soooo secure.
I had no idea, that's almost 500 per coffee shop!
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
If you're too poor to upgrade your Mac every year you shouldn't own one.
What kind of hipster are you?
To be fair, Apple users may have more important things to do than install hotfixes. For example, engaging in a love that dare not speak its name can be very time-consuming.
I've heard...
You are welcome on my lawn.