Apple Developing Tool To Remove Flashback 212
Trailrunner7 writes, quoting Threatpost: "Apple is planning to release a software fix that will find and remove the Flashback malware that has been haunting Mac users for several months now. ... Apple said on Tuesday that it was in the process of developing a tool that would detect and remove Flashback, but the company did not specify when the fix would be available. Security researchers and customers have been questioning why Apple hasn't yet provided a fix for the malware even though Flashback has been around in one form or another for more than six months now."
if steve jobs was still here (Score:5, Funny)
he would hire elite apple assasins to kill these supposed security researchers to stop the bad news
Flashback? (Score:3, Funny)
It's not a bug.....it's a feature.
Re:Slow is good (Score:5, Funny)
...on every piece of hardware they can get their hands on...
But it's Apple, isn't there just one bit of hardware to check?
Re:Slow is good (Score:5, Funny)
If you're running Linux, you're probably competent to fix things if a patch breaks them.
If you're running OS X, you're probably confused enough by the patch in the first place.
If you're running Windows, you're probably just going to complain to some IT guy when the report looks slightly different.
Disclaimer: I triple-boot, with more VMs. I can make fun of everybody.
Re:How good is it? (Score:5, Funny)
Would probably help if you didn't make it your desktop wallpaper.
Re:Slow is good (Score:5, Funny)
Apple is still in disbelief that that Flasback is real.
No.. Apple is still trying to figure out if this is from Adobe or not.
Re:Slow is good (Score:4, Funny)
Run for your lives!
Re:Slow is good (Score:5, Funny)
So, I'd much rather have a slow patch from a company that cared enough to actually test it, vs a hobbyist who doesn't care enough to produce quality robust code.
True. That's why I run a mix of Windows ME and Apple MacOS 9 on all my servers. I'm not letting that Linux distro run entirely by volunteers, what's it called, Debbi's Ian? near any of my good stuff. When was the last time Microsoft or Apple released a security fix for those two systems? See. Flawless software.
Re:if steve jobs was still here (Score:2, Funny)
Steve Jobs: Ninja Assasin (Score:5, Funny)
he would hire elite apple assasins to kill these supposed security researchers to stop the bad news
You fools, don't you realize Steve Jobs himself was the elite apple assassin?
Concealed under his black shinobi-shzoku-turtleneck was a lethal array of ninja weapons; many an unlucky Samsung executive or uncooperative tech-journalist has met their end at his hands, dispatched by a Firewire-cable garrot or iShuriken (they're like regular Shuriken, but with patented rounded corners). Gates himself has only survived thanks to the vigilant guard of his hulking 'roid-enhanced genetically engineered gorilla henchman.
He was a shinobi of un-matched caliber, until his fateful battle against Google-fu masters Page and Brin, when he was felled by the Pancreas Death-Strike technique.
Re:if steve jobs was still here (Score:5, Funny)
Begun. the cat and mouse game has.
Proper grammar, Yoda would speak with.
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