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Offline Daffyd

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CRITICAL UPDATE: Flash player
« on: May 29, 2008, 02:40:40 PM »
If you have flash player installed you must update it to the latest immediately as any other version can lead to your machine getting a keylogger just by visiting a website.  The known distribution sites (typosquatting and generic domains) are targetting online gamers so they want your WoW and AoC account details.
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2008, 02:50:46 PM »
Y'know, I thought I'd posted something about this already, but seemingly not...

Alternatively install Noscript and AdBlock, which will protesct you from nasty stuff like this, but... do what the big man says. And if anyone designs a website that you have to navigate in Flash... stop visiting the website. Or even better still, kill whoever runs it. Slowly.

As an aside: I believe running your browser as an unprivileged user (IE7 Protected Mode under Vista, generally not running as an admin on a day to day basis) and UAC help protect against this.
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 03:20:05 PM »
Thanks for that, I had visited ign.com before seeing your post but I should hope I'm safe.  I think I will change my homepage to a news website.  Papers are a tad slow at telling you these things... if at all
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 03:46:24 PM »
link to update

i cant beleave you forgot that  
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2008, 03:51:32 PM »
Not the hardest task in the world to put 'flash player' into Google is it.
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2008, 03:54:38 PM »
lazyness ftw
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2008, 03:55:57 PM »
Out of intrest, whats your source for this?
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2008, 04:38:06 PM »
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Not the hardest task in the world to put 'flash player' into Google is it.

Directed at me?  My point was that I wouldn't have known to "put "flash player" into Google" if Daffyd hadn't pointed out the news about the keylogger, that's what I was thanking him for.  My comment about a getting a news homepage was because I was unaware of such an important update.  Finding the update itself wasn't the issue, I'm not a complete retard.
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2008, 04:47:14 PM »
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Directed at me?

Nope. Jaxc.
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2008, 04:47:30 PM »
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Out of intrest, whats your source for this?
The entire internet, it's all over every new site and has been for the last 2 days (except I've been too busy to notice).
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2008, 05:06:48 PM »
Also as soon as you open wow it has the cause on there also.  I installed the new programme and changed my wow password.
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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2008, 05:29:33 PM »
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Nope. Jaxc.

Ah that's cool, just wanted to be clear.
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2008, 05:34:40 PM »
also, this update make you completely unable to do things that requires flash (youtube, flash games etc)
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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2008, 05:41:20 PM »
Woah, was freaked out when i read about it. I downloaded the new flash player and changed my password immediately.

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also, this update make you completely to do things that requires flash (youtube, flash games etc)

Emm what? Why?

EDIT: By the way, Do i need to dowload NoScript and AdBlock? If so, from where? And could someone list some known distrubution sites, if possible? Because currently i dont want to leave the SoG website as i am... Well, afraid, in all honesty.
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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2008, 06:02:25 PM »
Thanks for this info.
I have changed my password - just in case
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« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2008, 06:09:28 PM »
i found this:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29386/info


it says the newest adobe flash version (which was recommended by blizz) is vulnerable as well.

I uninstalled the adobe flash on my pc (dunno what version it was)  - don1t know if it prevents anything, but i hope.
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« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2008, 08:51:37 PM »
Quote from: Wryn
i found this:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29386/info
it says the newest adobe flash version (which was recommended by blizz) is vulnerable as well.

I uninstalled the adobe flash on my pc (dunno what version it was)  - don1t know if it prevents anything, but i hope.

Essentially... run Firefox, install NoScript, only allow scripts to run on sites that you explicitly trust. That means *really* trust, not "but I really want to see what this ace widget does that I got linked too off MSN".

Nobody said security was fun.
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« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2008, 10:05:49 PM »
oh damn, a couple of times this week while using IE visiting youtube etc. the explorer crashed do you think this was due to this and is there any way to find out if you have the keylogger?
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« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2008, 01:22:44 PM »
When will it be safe to use flash again, btw? Just if anyone knows if Adobe is working on it or something. Sorry for the stupid question!
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« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2008, 01:27:52 PM »
Must...resist...


Download the update, then it is safe.
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