Are Power PC based Macs open to infection by Flashback? And if so how do I find out if it's on my G4?

Are Power PC Macs open to infection by Flashback? And If so, how do I check to see whether my G4 has been a victim? All the scanners that I've seen are for Intel based Macs only.

I would run Terminal, then COPY the command shown in Step 2 (from the web site link). PASTE it in Terminal (to ensure you don't mistype something) and hit Return. If you do NOT get "... does not exist" message, don't do the anything else in the procedure.
If you DO get the "... does not exist" message, then COPY the command shown in Step 8. PASTE it in Terminal and hit Return. If you do NOT get "... does not exist" message, don't do the anything else in the procedure.
If you DO get the "... does not exist" message, then your Mac is clean.
The commands in Steps 2 and 8 can do no harm, because nothing is being changed. Some of the other commands for "removal" in the procedure do make changes. So if Steps 2 and 8 indicate your Mac is clean, that's good and you're done.
If they indicate otherwise, there may be a problem. You can ask additional questions here about what to do.
FYI - I just ran the procedure on my Power Mac G5 running Leopard, and I got the expected "... does not exist" messages after entering the commands in Steps 2 and 8.

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