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Thanks for that....and here's a "Whew, close one" for you.

I don't keep Flash Player installed as I have found fewer and fewer sites actually require it. However, I keep a download available just in case.

Given the caution you provided I thought I'd check to see which version I have in my download folder. When I single-clicked on it to check, I got the red stop sign and exclamation mark with this ominous message:

"Flashplayer-11-macos.pkg" will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.

Safari downloaded this file on January 7, 2012 from h5t.vigvam.in. It contains the "OSX.FlashBack.C" malware.

Needless to say, I moved the file to the trash and subsequently did a Secure Empty Trash. I'm usually careful about downloads and go directly to the publishers' sites but I guess I dropped my guard at least once - perhaps redirected to a realistic looking fake Adobe site.

Thanks for the link. I've downloaded and things back to being good.