Protect Your Mac From Flashback...FOR FREE!

If you pay any attention to tech journalism at all then you've heard of the most prolific trojan to hit the Mac platform in years: Flashback. At first, it tricked users into "upgrading" their Adobe Flash player by presenting a realistic looking dialog complete with Adobe logo and color scheme. Now it has morphed and a Mac can be infected by simply visiting a malicious Web site with some sneaky Java code. To see if you may be hosting this bug, you can download the free app Flashback Checker. The good news is, you can protect yourself by using OpenDNS. Get the low-down here. The big OpenDNS button at the top of this post will tell you if you already use OpenDNS. If you don't, click the button to learn how to install the free service on your computer or router (or both). In the immortal words of John "Bluto" Blutarsky, "Why not? It don't cost nuthin'."