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Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent


From: Mark <boogiebruva () yahoo co uk>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:32:46 +0200

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/



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