Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. With the new removal tool, Apple is now able to disable Java applets by default (on some versions of OS X) and can now remove the Flashback Trojan from infected Macs. Apple had also been advising users to disable Java in their browser to better protect themselves from attack.
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To address the malware, which was exploiting a security flaw in Java in order to install itself on Macs, Apple had been releasing Java updates through its Software Update feature. By early April, security firms were reporting that as many as half a million Macs could be infected and the number was growing still. It wasn’t until recently that the Trojan, which created a botnet consisting of infected Macs, returned with a vengeance.
The company had announced earlier in the week that it would deploy software to detect and remove the Flashback malware from users’ computers, which first began appearing on Mac computers back in September. The malicious software, which some have casually referred to as the “Mac virus,” (even though, yes, we know, a Trojan is not a virus), had previously infected some 650,000 Mac laptops, making it one of the largest infections the Mac install base has ever seen. Apple has now released a tool that removes the Flashback Trojan from infected Mac computers, according to a security update posted to on Thursday.
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