About the security content of Flashback Removal Security Update

This document describes the security content of Flashback Removal Security Update.

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Flashback Removal Security Update

  • Malware removal

    Available for: Mac OS X v10.5 through v10.5.8

    Impact: A Flashback malware removal tool will be run

    Description: This update runs a malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware. If the Flashback malware is found, it presents a dialog notifying the user that malware was removed. There is no indication to the user if malware is not found.

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