Symantec Cuts Flashback Infection Estimates in Half
The high-profile piece of malware that’s been estimated to have infected more than 600,000 users of Apple’s Mac OS X worldwide, is in considerably fewer machines now, according to a major security firm.
In a blog post today, software maker and security firm Symantec said that there are now fewer than half that number of machines with the infection, and that the number of active infections is on a downward trend.
“This figure has decreased significantly since then and from our sinkhole data, we have estimated that the number of computers infected with this threat in the last 24 hours is in the region of 270,000, down from 380,000,” the company said, adding that it will be monitoring infection levels for the next few weeks.