{"id":1874,"date":"2012-04-23T05:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T19:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2012-04-30T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:47:08","slug":"flashfake-trojan-causes-problems-for-mac-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/flashfake-trojan-causes-problems-for-mac-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashfake trojan causes problems for Mac owners"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the most part Mac users have escaped the woes of computer viruses and other malicious software infections. \u00a0It\u2019s not that Mac computers are magically sheilded from net nasties, it\u2019s more a case of Windows based PCs being a far bigger target.<\/p>\n

Well recently the tables turned with the largest malicious software Mac infection discovered, affecting almost 700 thousand Macs globally.<\/p>\n

The Flashfake trojan entered machines via a drive by download thanks to a security flaw and once installed set about harvesting user names and passwords on each machine.<\/p>\n

Apple has since released a fix for the security flaw<\/a> so Mac owners should ensure they have all the latest system updates installed.<\/p>\n

What exactly is Flashfake<\/em> and how did it spread? \u00a0Read further information HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the most part Mac users have escaped the woes of computer viruses and other malicious software infections. \u00a0It\u2019s not that Mac computers are magically sheilded from net nasties, it\u2019s more a case of Windows based PCs being a far bigger target. Well recently the tables turned with the largest malicious software Mac infection discovered, affecting almost 700 thousand Macs[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,67,66],"class_list":["post-1874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flashfake","tag-mac-internet-security","tag-viral-removal"],"yoast_head":"\nFlashfake trojan causes problems for Mac owners - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/flashfake-trojan-causes-problems-for-mac-owners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flashfake trojan causes problems for Mac owners - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For the most part Mac users have escaped the woes of computer viruses and other malicious software infections. \u00a0It\u2019s not that Mac computers are magically sheilded from net nasties, it\u2019s more a case of Windows based PCs being a far bigger target. 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