Re: Strange problem with copy paste.
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> From: "Jesse Welling" <jesse.welling@gmail.com>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm running Debian Testing for reference. The problem I'm having seems
>> very
>> very suspicious to me, and please don't think this is a joke, but I
>> think my
>> clipboard (or whatever takes care of copy paste) has broken. No mater
>> what I
>> try to copy from I can only paste this
>> http://xp-vista-update.net/?id=91873534231, which feels a lot like some
>> kind
>> of malware to me. Has any one else seen this?
>
> I have not seen this personally, but it explains why so many Windows users
> are
> suddenly getting infected with XP Antivirus and AV2008 over the last few
> weeks.
>
> Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack:
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733
>
> Later, Seeker
>
>
Not just windows, the proof of concept demo on that link works on my
linux/mozilla boxen.
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