You're right. Jeffrey is no newb. Sorry if it came over the wrong way. On 08/09/2012 0:31, Michael D. Wood wrote: > You guys are acting like Jeffrey is a newb to all this stuff. I'm sure > he knows what mbam and spybot are, and is able to scan his machine. I'm > sure he knows to go straight to the source when downloading flash > player, albeit Adobe does include the annoying toolbar unless you choose > not to install. > > -- > Michael D. Wood > ITSecurityPros.org > www.itsecuritypros.org > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Mark" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Full Disclosure b" <[email protected]>, "BugTraq" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Full-disclosure] Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez > without Consent > Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 5:32 pm > > > You didn't download it from download.cnet.com, by any chance? > Sounds more like an infection to me. > For windows, download and run the following programs. > http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/ > http://www.filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/5168/ > http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/ > > > On 06/09/2012 19:09, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has >> figured out a way to further increase an attack surface. >> >> Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent. >> The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is what >> I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security >> vulnerability fixes. >> >> It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla. >> >> +1 Adobe. >> >> [1] http://www.google.com/#q=Adobe+site%3Asecurityfocus.com. >> [2] > http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=adobe&search_type=all&cves=on >> [3] > http://lastwatchdog.com/adobe-surpasses-microsoft-favorite-hackers-target/ >> [4] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/security_predictions_2010/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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