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Mac OS X Flashback Virus - Instructions for Removal

Posted: 2012-04-11 11:57:56   Expiration: 2012-04-30 11:57:56

Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2012-04-11 11:57:56. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.

The Office of Campus Information Security (OCIS) has started seeing computers infected with the Flashback virus on UW-Madison's networks. Follow the instructions below to learn more about the virus and how to remove it.

Apple has released the following article on the Flashback virus:

Apple has released a removal tool as part of Software Update. We are recommending that users that are infected run Software Update to remove the Flashback virus.

-- UWHelpDesk: Ryan Hansen