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Note: These updates include the security content from Java for OS X 2012-002 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7. There is no indication to the user if malware is not found. If theįlashback malware is found, it presents a dialog notifying the user that malware was removed. Impact: A Flashback malware removal tool will be runĭescription: This update runs a malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware. Users may re-enable Java if they encounter Java applets on a web page or Java Web Start applications.Īvailable for: Mac OS X v10.6.8, Mac OS X Server v10.6.8, OS X Lion v10.7.3, OS X Lion Server v10.7.3 Installing this update will automatically deactivate the Java browser plugin and Java Web Start. Impact: The Java browser plugin and Java Web Start are deactivated if they remain unused for 35 daysĭescription: As a security hardening measure, the Java browser plugin and Java Web Start are deactivated if they are unused for 35 days. Java for OS X 2012-003 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 8 is now available and addresses the following:Īvailable for: OS X Lion v10.7.3, OS X Lion Server v10.7.3 I'll quote all but the signature here:ĪPPLE-SA-1 Java for OS X 2012-003 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 8
With Snow Leopard you have to do it yourself.
#APPLE FLASHBACK MALWARE REMOVAL TOOL SOFTWARE#
You could certainly download from Apple's web site as well, instead of using Software Update, but it's important you know which one to get, as the other two won't work for you.Īccording to the Security Release notes from Apple, only the Lion version tightens up Java settings automatically.
#APPLE FLASHBACK MALWARE REMOVAL TOOL INSTALL#
You install whichever of these shows up in Software Update, and it removes the malware (if present), updates Java (if present) and tightens up Java settings for the future. It would be an easy check for SU to see if there was already a receipt for MRT 1.0 or the Java Update and skip it. Perhaps somebody here has run the download version will check SU and let us know. My guess would be that they will post a new version whenever they need to update the removal instructions and it will show up in SU. I was first told by somebody that it would remain resident, run at login and somehow be remotely updated with any new Malware removal instructions, but that is obviously bogus. That's what everybody has been reporting.
#APPLE FLASHBACK MALWARE REMOVAL TOOL MANUAL#
This afternoon I ran Software Update without first having run the manual download version of the Flashback removal tool, and there was a "software update" available for the removal tool alone.Īpple must have thought this through and figured out that many people would not run it unless it was offered in SU. So probably if one had run the manual download first, or if one had had Java installed and had run the recent Java update, then the system would have a record that the tool had already been run, and you would never see it in Software Update.
When I then looked in System Preferences>Software Update>Installed Software, there was a record of both "installations". I wasn't sure what was going on, and I then ran the manual downloaded version, It also "installed" with no further report, which I guess means it ran, didn't find anything, and deleted itself. When I "installed" this "update", nothing seemed to happen. This afternoon I ran Software Update without first having run the manual download version of the Flashback removal tool, and there was a "software update" available for the removal tool alone. My Lion system does not have Java installed, and I therefore never was offered the recent Java software update with its included Flashback Removal tool. Was that incorrect or has it changed now? But what I've was hearing yesterday was that the Flashback malware removal tool did not show up in Software Update and had to be manually downloaded.
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