Alert: Fake Adobe Flash

13 years ago

Just a heads up here, this is showing up on several of the forums so wanted to put out an alert here also.

This affects firefox as well as IE.

Fake Adobe Flash Player Monitors Your Google Searches

this is a link to one of the treads about it over on BBR

new piece of malware

that link includes pictures of the fake as well as a real flash update so you can see the difference.

another thread about it at BBR

Click Fraud Malware Hides as Firefox Extension

I immediately checked my firefox to see if this was showing up in my extensions list I suggest those using firefox do the same. Note that this does affect IE as well.

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maybee_gw
13 years ago
Will a Malwarebytes scan detect this if I am using IE8?
sapphires
13 years ago
Ravencajun,
How do I check my Firefox to see if it is showing up in my extensions list? Thanks. What should I see real vs fake? Thanks.
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it will redirect you and will take you to one of the sites that is auto installing the various versions of antivirus xp 2008/2009 or what ever they happen to be naming them, which are carrying many types of infections with it. This has gotten so prevalent now that the bad guys have discovered this method of taking over websites that everyone is trying to put out warnings to the community to try to make people aware if they see this suddenly happening to them NOT to click on any of the redirected pages, Not to buy any of the fake programs, but instead to immediately close out all instances of the browser, in some cases that will flush the urls out of the clipboard but not always in some it takes a reboot of the pc to clear the urls from the clipboard from what I have read. The best thing you can do is be very careful where you surf and where you click. If you use firefox you can use the no script add-on set as shown. The forums have been seeing many many cases of these exploits and several got them from very legit websites that had been hacked and a redirect put on the site. gillian don't panic about it but it is something we all need to be very aware of since it has been so on the increase. Hopefully adobe and the browsers can get some method out to help with this soon. It is better to be aware of this kind of thing so we know to come for help asap if we know we have been exposed to one of the redirects. If you see anything pop up saying it is scanning your pc and that you have infections or anything like that do NOT click anywhere on the page, close the browser or just go to start and reboot it. From what I have read the earlier versions of firefox are also affected. Also it is a good idea to go to your pc to your adobe and check for updates. You can also use the secunia inspector to see if it shows you have out of date programs. Updates should hopefully come out soon. The Secunia Online Software Inspector I just wanted to post so y'all would be aware of this stuff, don't freak out, just be alert. Always better to be prepared and educated than caught off guard.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
Original Author
13 years ago
go to your tools then click on add ons there click on extensions and make sure it is not showing there you do not want it,extensionÂs name and version number is "Adobe Flash Player 0.2â³.. You can also check the plugins tab for this item you do not want it there either. If you show it in your firefox extensions as shown in that first link I gave which shows the actual pictures of what you will see then you do have the infection. (the links show pictures of the add on and of the flash download)

as you can see on this virus total submission of the fake file not all the security programs are catching this yet here are the ones tested and the ones that did catch it are shown
File flash.exe scan result

since bit defender is catching it running their free online scan is a good idea if you suspect you have it. Malwarebytes may now catch it also I know it has been added to more definitions since the time of that virus total scan, make sure all your definitions are fully updated.
Free Online Virus Scan - BitDefender Online Scanner
minnie_tx
13 years ago
Raven
I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT Bit defender and tried it I liked it but had to stop the scan after 1/2 an hour since I had to go out. Does that hurt anything? I plan to scan it tonight
Thanks or any info
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
Original Author
13 years ago
no just go ahead and do it again I prefer to let them run at night so I am not interfering with the progress, it does take a while for those scans to run.
minnie_tx
13 years ago
Raven I'm confused I did the scan it took almost 3 hours no problem with that but I don't think I did something right
when it Ws finished and as it was scanning it said 1 virus found Trojan script45873 html Gmect.a and a note your computer is still infected
Then the next screen gave me the statistics of the scan so many files scanned etc. then the last sreen saidResults No Virus found 4 threats and 4 threats eliminated.

I notice a box on the opening start scan screen that I didn't check and maybe I should have.

What is going on as you see I'm confused Any help appreciated
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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13 years ago
it sounds like you may have seen it as the scan found the items then at the end it did clean those infections from your system and eliminated them. To me it sounds like it did what it was supposed to do, I would go ahead and update malwarebytes and run a full scan with it to see if it finds anything in addition, another very good online scan to use is
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minnie_tx
13 years ago
Thanks Raven I did a quick scan with Maelware (spelling) and it didn't find any. I';; look at the newest one you mentioned too In a differet thread I'll list what acan stuff I have on my computer and maybe you can tell me if I have too many
TIA (Maybe not today)

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