In the last day Apple has released effective removal tools for the Flashback trojan virus. The Flashback removal tool is available in a system update version as well as a stand alone version for systems without Java installed. The tool is not the easiest link to find on the Apple website. This is just a short post to help other OS X Lion users find the tool.
From Apple’s website -
Link for Flashback removal system update information – http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5244
Apple has released software updates for systems running OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6 that will update Java to fix the security flaw, and remove the Flashback malware if it is present. …
By default, your Mac automatically checks for software updates every week, but you can change that setting in Software Update preferences. You can run Software Update at any time to manually check for the latest updates.
Link for Flashback removal standalone for systems without Java installed – http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1517
This Flashback malware removal tool removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.
