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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by cooldeal on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @08:57PM (#3800731)
Did you even read the page you linked or the text you pasted?

It specifically states that the malware will infect the machine even if the user does not give permission.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by mbreese on Thursday April 05, 2012 @12:00PM (#3803144)
Well, I feel stupid. I just skimmed it after going through the detection steps. I missed the part where it installs itself to a different location if it doesn't get the user's password.
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