It has been reported that a Trojan Horse (called “Flashback”) created specifically for the Mac has infected around 600K computers worldwide.
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Russian antivirus company Dr. Web issued a report on Wednesday noting that 550,000 computers running OS X had been infected by BackDoor.Flashback variants of the virus, as highlighted by ArsTechnica.
Security firm Intego publicized the Flashback trojan last September. Some variants of the software were even discovered with the potential to disable anti-malware protections within OS X.
Researchers F-Secure have provided instructions on how to detect and remove the malware.
Additional Source: AppleInsider.com
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