Free tool detects Flashback Mac malware pestilence

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225986/Free_tool_detects_Flashback_Mac_malware_pestilence

By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
April 9, 2012

A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware 
infection on Apple's computers.

The tiny tool -- it's just a 38KB download -- was created by Juan Leon, 
a software engineer at Garmin International, the Kansas-based company 
best known for its GPS devices.

Ars Technica first reported on Leon's FlashBack Checker.

The tool spots the malware by automating a tedious process first 
described by security firm F-Secure last month. F-Secure's procedure 
required entering multiple commands in Terminal, the Mac OS X command 
line utility.

When Flashback Checker is run, it displays "No signs of infection were 
found" or provides additional information if it does detect changes the 
malware has made to the Mac.

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