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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, April 5, 2012
 

 

OS X
News
  • "Russian Security Experts Analyze Backdoor.Flashback.39" Softpedia 8:26 AM
  • "Doctor Web exposes Macintosh botnet" Neowin 8:40 AM
  • "Mac botnet grows to 600,000, 274 of them in Cupertino" ExtremeTech 8:36 AM
  • "Canadian machines hit by massive Mac botnet: Nearly 20 per cent of the 600,000 infected computers are in Canada, according to security experts." ITBusiness Canada 2:35 PM
  • "Yandex.Disk Wants To Give iCloud, Skydrive and Dropbox A Run For Their Money In Russia" TechCrunch 8:31 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Mac Flashback malware: What it is, and how to get rid of it (FAQ)" CNET News 3:27 PM
  • "Mac Flashback Trojan: Find Out If You're One of the 600,000 Infected" Gizmodo 8:50 AM
  • "Mac Flashback Trojan: Find Out If You're Infected and What to Do About It" Mashable 12:06 PM
  • "How To remove the Flashback malware from OS X: An estimated 600,000 Mac systems are suspected to be infected with the Flashback malware. Here's how it works and How To remove it." MacFixIt 6:47 PM
  • "Mac Flashback trojan manual clean-up detailed" SlashGear 12:10 PM
  • "My experience with wrong artwork in iTunes is a little different, but maybe related to the problems described." MacInTouch 11:02 AM
  • "I can confirm that adding artwork can corrupt music files. This is on mp3 files, the music files are on an external disc. It happens at random and usually adds an arbitrary piece of music to the end of the file and the song length is longer, which allows me to spot this." MacInTouch 11:03 AM
  • "I found this in Canon's Support section about Canon drivers for the CanoScan N670U usingOS X v10.6 Snow Leopard" MacInTouch 11:05 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to Create a 3D Chart in Pages" Mac|Life 2:45 PM
  • "Macworld Secrets: Is there life after iWeb? The state of web design for the Mac" Macworld UK 8:40 AM
  • "Paranoid? Here's How To Hide Your Mac's Tracks With A Digital Shredder" Mac 360 8:03 AM
  • "How Many Ways Can You Scan Web Sites Using Your Mac?" BohemianBoomer 8:03 AM
  • "How To Convert Digital Photos Into Digital Art On Your Mac" McSolo 8:03 AM
  • "How To Bring A Little iPhone And iPad Magic To Your Mac's Screen" TeraTalks 8:03 AM
  • "3 Ways This Free Mac Browser Thinks Different (think swipe and pinch)" Mac 360 8:02 AM
  • "How To Use Your Mac To Get Free Typing Lessons" NoodleMac 8:02 AM
  • "Trine 2 Review: One of the most beautiful Mac games just got even prettier" Mac|Life 10:48 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Use MacBook Air SuperDrive with Most Macs, New Ivy Bridge CPUs and MacBooks Soon, and More" Low End Mac 4:18 PM
  • "Chrome: Fastest on Macs, Favorite on Weekends?" PCWorld 2:40 PM
  • "Just How Much Faster is a Mac Pro with Intel's Ivy Bridge?" Mac|Life 2:37 PM
  • "The Mac OS X Lion IQ test: Chances are greater there's a Mac in your home or business, but are you really OS X-savvy?" InfoWorld 11:34 AM
  • "What with Final Cut Pro X and iMovie 11, plus these above-mentioned flavours of QT, not to even start with iOS versions, I think Apple, the traditional masterminds of all things media, has confused the situation terribly in recent years. We need an overall codec savvy (like VLC) 'Apple Media Player/Converter' (with a decent name!) that works on OS and iOS, and shouldn't have to rely on free third-party open source type apps like VLC and Handbrake to handle all our future video requirements." MacInTouch 11:04 AM
  • "This morning I got a call from my credit card company saying someone tried to make several purchases at the iTunes (or Mac App?) Store using my VISA credit card. Fortunately VISA declined the charges and called to verify. Wonder what made them suspicious? Is the iTunes Store notoriously hackable?" MacInTouch 11:03 AM
  • "Folks asking about disadvantages of disabling Java on their Mac may find that they made the best choice. I have never installed Java on my Macs over the years and never missed it." MacInTouch 11:07 AM
  • "Half a million Macs infected (a dream, dashed)" ZDNet 3:21 PM
  • "The scariest thing about the Flashback trojan: I have no idea how to fight it" ZDNet 2:45 PM
  • "Is Apple to Blame for Size of Mac Botnet?" PCWorld 2:41 PM
  • "600,000 Mac Users Afflicted with Flashback Trojan -- Are You One of Them?" Mac|Life 8:46 AM
Press Releases
  • "Apple releases iAd Producer 2.1 with third-gen iPad support" iLounge 6:07 PM
  • "Ticket to Ride Now Available for the Mac" Wired 3:16 PM
  • "LaCie Hub Now Shipping, Connects eSATA Drives via Thunderbolt" MacRumors 4:20 PM
  • "LaCie shipping eSATA hub for Thunderbolt glory" SlashGear 2:47 PM
  • "HackStore to deliver Cydia experience on Macs" UberGizmo 2:36 PM
  • "Highest Charge Density External MacBook Air Battery Available" prMac 11:07 AM
  • "Dangerous for Mac now available on the Apple Mac App Store" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "Goya Updates BaseElements for FileMaker Pro 12 compatibility" prMac 8:06 AM
  • "GMX-PhotoPainter 2.0 - Free Update for Mac OS X and Windows" prMac 8:05 AM