![]() 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. 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. 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. ![]() 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? In the meantime, Kaspersky Lab has reissued its free Flashback removal tool after having fixed a bug that occasionally made the tool erroneously remove certain user settings including auto-start configurations, user configurations in browsers, and file sharing data.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. Snow Leopard users must disable the Java web plug-in in their web browser by themselves (Safari > Preferences > Security > deselect “Enable Java”). ![]() If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets,” says Apple. “Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. In addition to the aforementioned action, the Java update for OS X Lion also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Apple has finally released a Flashback malware removal tool bundled with two new Java security updates – one for OS X Lion and one for Snow Leopard users.īoth updates remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware, but will likely not protect users against getting infected with future variants or with any other type of malware.
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