Apple Has Its Own Flashback Malware Removal Tool in the Oven

Don’t think Apple’s done enough, after two Java-related security patches, to address a much-reported Mac malware vulnerability? The company says it has new safeguarding measures in the offing.

In a support doc titled “About Flashback malware,” Apple admitted Tuesday night that it was working on software to directly detect and remove the malware. That’s in response to word last week that over half a million Macs had been infected by a trojan virus that, once installed, transmits information from a user’s computer to remote servers.       Full Read