A week after news spread that there was a new and prevalent piece of malware doing the rounds on Macintosh computers, Apple has now released an update to fix and remove it.
:source: Source: Apple Support
Summary
This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
Products Affected
Java, Product Security, OS X Lion, Mac OS X v10.6
This Java security update 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. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.
Java for OS X Lion 2012-003 delivers Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_31 and supersedes all previous versions of Java for OS X Lion.
This update is recommended for all Mac users with Java installed.
:source: Source: Apple Support
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