What it does: Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.I connects to a remote site to download its payload; on successful infection, the malware modifies targeted webpages displayed in the web browser.
Removal:
Caution: Manual disinfection is a risky process; it is recommended only for advanced users. Otherwise, please seek professional technical assistance.
Manual Removal Instructions
- 1. Run the following command in Terminal:defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment
- 2. Take note of the value, DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
- 3. Proceed to step 8 if you got the following error message: “The domain/default pair of (/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info, LSEnvironment) does not exist”
- 4. Otherwise, run the following command in Terminal:grep -a -o '__ldpath__[ -~]*' %path_obtained_in_step2%
- 5. Take note of the value after “__ldpath__“
- 6. Run the following commands in Terminal (first make sure there is only one entry, from step 2):sudo defaults delete /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment
sudo chmod 644 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info.plist
- 7. Delete the files obtained in steps 2 and 5
- 8. Run the following command in Terminal:defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
- 9. Take note of the result. Your system is already clean of this variant if you got an error message similar to the following: “The domain/default pair of (/Users/joe/.MacOSX/environment, DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES) does not exist”
- 10. Otherwise, run the following command in Terminal:grep -a -o '__ldpath__[ -~]*' %path_obtained_in_step9%
- 11. Take note of the value after “__ldpath__“
- 12. Run the following commands in Terminal:defaults delete ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
launchctl unsetenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
- 13. Finally, delete the files obtained in steps 9 and 11.
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