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Over 600,000 Mac machines were infected with the recent Flashback Trojan malware. Apple, although a bit late to the scene, has finally fixed the vulnerability through a recent Java update.
All the Mac users — iMac, MacBook Pro, Air — will be better off updating their systems to the newly available Java package.
This new version of Java includes the following:
Download and install the latest Java Virtual Machine in Internet Explorer. Go to www.java.com. Click Free Java Download. Click Agree and Start Free Download. Notes: If prompted by the User Account Control window, click Yes. If prompted by the Security Warning window, click Run. Software java free download - Java Contactor, Apple Java for OS X 10.6, Java 2 SE, and many more programs. Java Update for Mac OS X 10.3.9. Use the latest Java in non-Safari web. What's new in Java for Mac OS X 2017-001: This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2015-001, 2014-001, and 2013-005 releases.
- Security update which removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
- This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets.
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Download Java Update on Mac:
You can perform a Software Update by clicking on the Apple menu (located on top-left corner of your Mac’s screen) and selecting Software Update.
A window then pops up, connects to the Internet to find newer version of Java for download. The current Java update is of 66MB size.
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If at all the Flashback malware is found on your Mac, this update will present a dialog notifying the user that malware was removed. No message will be displayed if your Mac is free from any kind of malware activities.
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We recommend you to go ahead and secure your Macs by updating Java right now.
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