How to detect and remove MAC OSX Flashback Trojan

Until now apple company product's are the secured ones, which are free from viruses, worms etc. But now a Trojan called Flashback/Flashfake has targeted MAC OS platforms and infected nearly 700,000 mac PC's. Which is combined with botnet and capable of stealing personal information.

While surfing the net if it displays wrong search results or asking to install an update then know that you are infected and the program passess the victim's ip address and UUID to the author of that trojan.

“The Flashback Trojan is a wake-up call for everyone who’s online – no matter what platform or device they use,” said Norton Internet Safety Advocate Marian Merritt.

How to Detect:

Through the kaspersky's flashbackcheck database, copy and paste your Hardware UUID and know that you are infected or not.To find your UUID, select the menu item "About this Mac" in Finder and choose "More info …" Find "Hardwire UUID" in the window that opens, and copy its value to the clipboard.

How to remove:

Norton offers a detection and removal tool for this Flashback Trojan or use Bitdefender's tool, get it through APP Store.

How to disable or remove facebook timeline : TimeLineRemove

Facebook activated timeline permanently in the last year. Before it became mandatory they offered to revert back their old style, but many of us are liked and sticked to it and few wants their old profile look back.


There is a way to get back your old profile by using your internet browser add-on/extension TimelineRemove. It removes the timeline feature from all facebook profiles. It is available for major browsers like IE, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

"This tiny, but handy tool disables the new Facebook timeline feature and restores the classic look, without changing the timeline behavior for other visitors of your Facebook profile. The extension basically works by hiding the timeline, so you can view your own and others’ profiles in the old style." by the developer.

TimelineRemove works automatically once installed, and a button is added to the toolbar that lets you toggle the timeline on and off, whenever you want. 

If you want to get back your facebook timeline profile page then just simply disable or uninstall the add-on/Extension(watch the screenshot how to remove) from your browser. 

Get it directly from HomePage or for Firefox, InternetExplorer , Safari and Chrome.