If you haven't already scoured the Internet for a malicious version of the Flash installer, then it's likely Apple will have added the new malware to the file by the time you run into it. It's also worth noting that Apple now updates its malware definition file on a daily basis, and has already updated it to address the PDF trojan discussed last week.
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The threat is currently marked as "low," but Mac users are advised to follow safe security practices-don't open files or attachments that you don't remember downloading, and turn off Safari's setting for opening safe files automatically. In this video, I show you how to safely uninstall Adobe Flash Player from your Mac, in what I believe is the best way of doing it. Note : If the Flash Player installer window does not appear, choose Go > Desktop in the Finder. The recent Flashback malware is one example of this, where it originally was released as a fake update to Adobe Flash, and thereby confused a number of Mac users who installed it thinking it was a. To open the uninstaller, double-click it in the Downloads window.
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Continuing through the installation process will result in the trojan deactivating certain types of security software (Intego specifically noted that the popular Little Snitch would be affected) and installing a dynamic loader library (dyld) with that can auto-launch, "allowing it to inject code into applications the user launched." The trojan then reports back to a remote server about the user's MAC address and allows the server to detect whether the Mac in question has been infected or not. If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), click the Downloads icon displayed on the browser.
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