full-disclosure - Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

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Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:15:16 +0200
From: Mark <boogiebruva@...oo.co.uk>
To: "Michael D. Wood" <mike@...ecuritypros.org>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez
 without Consent

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" <boogiebruva@...oo.co.uk>
> To: <noloader@...il.com>
> Cc: "Full Disclosure b" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>, "BugTraq"
> <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
> 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/
>>
>>
>>
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