{"id":764,"date":"2012-04-10T10:11:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T14:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=764"},"modified":"2012-04-10T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T14:11:39","slug":"how-to-check-for-the-mac-osx-flashback-trojan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=764","title":{"rendered":"How to Check for the Mac OSX Flashback Trojan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trojans and viruses are generally something Mac users don\u2019t have to worry about, but there\u2019s a lot of hubub about the so-called Flashback trojan that has apparently infected a several hundred thousand Macs worldwide. The trojan takes advantage of a vulnerability in an older version of Java that allows it to download malware which then \u201cmodifies targeted webpages displayed in the web browser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2012\/04\/05\/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x\/\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2012\/04\/05\/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trojans and viruses are generally something Mac users don\u2019t have to worry about, but there\u2019s a lot of hubub about the so-called Flashback trojan that has apparently infected a several hundred thousand Macs worldwide. 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