{"id":19922,"date":"2012-04-11T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T07:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=19922"},"modified":"2012-04-11T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T07:31:58","slug":"flashfake-victims-australia-number-four-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19922","title":{"rendered":"Flashfake victims: Australia number four in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE, Australia \u2013 11 April, 2012, <\/strong>The world\u2019s largest Mac-based infection, the Flashfake botnet, has infiltrated 41,600 Australian computers, placing Aussie computers as the number four most infected by the virus in the world.<\/p>\n

Kaspersky Lab\u2019s experts recently analysed the Flashfake botnet<\/a> and found a total of 670,000 infected computers worldwide, with more than 98 per cent of the affected computers most likely running the Mac operating system X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the largest Mac-based infection to date, with the largest number of victims coming from developed countries.\u201d Nigel Hedges, Technical Services Manager, Kaspersky Australia and New Zealand said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlashfake emphasises the need for software to be regularly updated while at the same time destroying the popular myth that the Mac OS X is invulnerable to malware.\u201d Mr. Hedges said.<\/p>\n

An analysis of country of origin found that The United States had the most infected computers (300,917) followed by Canada (94,625), the United Kingdom (47,109) and Australia (41.600).<\/p>\n

Kaspersky advises that consumers running Mac OS X visit www.flashbackcheck.com<\/a>, a safe website, to check to see if their computer is infected. Users simply need to enter their Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), which will be checked against Kaspersky Lab\u2019s Flashfake database of infected computers.<\/p>\n

If a consumer\u2019s UUID is found in our database of infected computers, their Mac will need to be disinfected. Two remedies to remove Flashfake are:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the free utility, the <\/strong>Kaspersky Flashfake Removal Tool<\/a>. It will automatically scan the computer\u2019s system and remove Flashfake if it is detected. This is a free-to-download and free-to-use program<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac<\/a>. This program offers comprehensive protection against all known malicious programs for Mac OS X, including Flashfake<\/p>\n

Recent developments
\n<\/span><\/strong>Throughout the weekend Kaspersky Lab experts have seen a decline in the number of active bots for Flashfake. On 6 April the total number was 650,748 and by 8 April the number of active bots had decreased to 237,103.<\/p>\n

However, the decrease in infected bots does not mean the botnet is rapidly shrinking. The statistics represent the number of active bots connected to Flashfake during the past few days\u2013 it is not the equivalent of the exact number of infected machines. Infected computers that were inactive during the weekend would not be communicating with Flashfake, thus making them not appear as an infected bot.<\/p>\n

Since connecting to the botnet for analysis, Kaspersky Lab\u2019s sinkhole server has registered all the data sent by bots from the infected computers and recorded their UUIDs in a dedicated database. Based on this information, Kaspersky Lab\u2019s experts have created an online resource where all users of Mac OS X can check if their computer has been infected by Flashback \/ Flashfake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE, Australia \u2013 11 April, 2012, The world\u2019s largest Mac-based infection, the Flashfake botnet, has infiltrated 41,600 Australian computers, placing Aussie computers as the number four most infected by the virus in the world. Kaspersky Lab\u2019s experts recently analysed the Flashfake botnet and found a total of 670,000 infected computers worldwide, with more than 98<\/p>\n

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