Mac/Apple Malware - patched and apparently harmless

[ERD50]

Just saw this report, I'll check DW and kids machines, but apparently no harm has come from this and it has been patched. Check that you are up-to-date.

BBC News - Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'

"We stress the word potential as we have never seen any malicious activity...

-ERD50

 

[braumeister]

Here's a way to check if you have it:

Mac Flashback Trojan: Find Out If You're One of the 600,000 Infected

 

[ERD50]

Checked the three macs in our family that I had access to (two kids home for the weekend), and none were infected.

The actual flaws were in Adobes software, apparently.

-ERD50