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new malware in the wild
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New Mac malware uses 'novel' tactic to bypass macOS Catalina security Since this malware can be downloaded via a Google search, I'm doubly glad that I use DuckDuckGo instead (although I don't know if DDG is susceptible as well).
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Re: new malware in the wild
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Clarifying, it's a phony Flash d/l that turns up in a Google search...pretty limited - at least at the moment - and soon (supposed) to be extinct with the demise of Flash.
Anybody here still got Flash? And why?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Re: new malware in the wild
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My Mac Pro and MacBook Air have Flash installed, but my new iMac does not. I keep Flash on the two older computers updated out of habit. I don't notice that it is missed on the iMac.
Time to dump it?
iMac (19,1, 3.1 GHz i5, 12.7.4, 40 Gb RAM); MacBook Air (1.8 Ghz, 8 Gb RAM, 10.14.6, 256 Gb SSD) Vodafone router and Devolo Wi-Fi Extender, Canon TS8351 printer/scanner.
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Re: new malware in the wild
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I dumped it a few years back and haven't had so much as a single occasion on which I've needed it since then, HTML5 having pretty much universally replaced it. And it's going to be discontinued at the end of the year. Keeping it can't hurt, but when's the last time you actually needed it?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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... but when's the last time you actually needed it? Dunno. I only notice it when I have to update it! I've moved the preference pane to another place. If everything works for a month, I'll trash it.
iMac (19,1, 3.1 GHz i5, 12.7.4, 40 Gb RAM); MacBook Air (1.8 Ghz, 8 Gb RAM, 10.14.6, 256 Gb SSD) Vodafone router and Devolo Wi-Fi Extender, Canon TS8351 printer/scanner.
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