These clear attempts have spurred investigation into the malware and have shown that this activity is the first part of the malware attack, where the malware has broken the Java sandbox and the program is trying to download the payload that will subsequently piggyback on local applications by altering launch environment variables either within the program or in the user's account. The recent Flashback malware for OS X has caused a bit of a stir in the Mac community, and while it has only affected a fraction of the OS X install base, it still has had people who have indeed found the malware on their systems writing in to CNET and on the Apple Discussion boards.įor the most part, people have been finding the malware on their systems by having an antivirus scanner or reverse firewall such as Little Snitch installed, and have either been given an alert that the malware was either found or a program file with a short name beginning with a period attempting to contact remote servers via bizarre-sounding domain names such as, and gangstaparadise.rr.nu.

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