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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Malware in Flash animations
May 15 2008 7:28AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (3) |
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I just wrote an editorial complaining about sites that run java and JavaScript and require Flash animations to work. Reader Kevin Szabo noticed the editorial and sent me a link to an article that points out that Flash animations are not just annoying, they can send you to malicious sites that take over your machine (second story). Kevin writes:
I use firefox+flashblock and I now have flash blocked for most sites. I can re-enable the rectangle with a single click (just for that page view) works great! Browsing is much faster now that I don't have to have flash ads with animated rain inflicted upon me.
Just another reason to love Mozilla and Opera web browsers, which are far more secure than Internet Explorer. Opera lets me turn off Java, JavaScript the Flash globally or to just allow it on certain sites, say a banking site that requires these programs. Of course, I don’t think any good web site requires Java or JavaScript. I think CSS (cascading style sheets) and CGI scripts should be enough to do whatever you need to do. I guess I have to thank Kevin, but I sure don’t like being even more paranoid about fancy web sites.
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at 5/15/2008 9:05:19 AM, JD said:
What is firefox+flashblock ? Is Flashblock a plug in ?? How do I install it? I try to never use Internet Exploder (IExpd) but a few sites just need it. Thanks (again) for the heads up Paul. I love that I can get the real story on EDN, news the technical community really needs. JD
at 5/15/2008 1:29:30 PM, Kevin Szabo said:
Hi JD. It is as simple as reading the windowssecrets.com article ht*tp://windowssecrets.com/comp/080417 The short version is (if you run firefox): For Mozilla Firefox, a plug-in called Flashblock disables all Flash content on Web sites and replaces it with a round Flash logo. You can selectively enable Flash files by clicking their icons. ht*tps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 I highly recommend subscribing to the windowssecrets newsletter to anyone who runs a windows machine. (delete the asterisks from the links to use them)
at 5/15/2008 2:18:50 PM, Steve H. said:
It is fully because as I went to this page a flash animation ad opened up and prevented me from reading the article. The pot is calling the kettle black here. Com on if you are going to complain about intrusive flash AND ads, clean up your own site. Speaking of which - on my speed-o-meter EDN is the second slowest site that I read articles on. It seems that there is plenty of BLAME to go around on the web... :-)
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