If sombody knows the answer please advise. Thx.
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> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:18:36 -0000
> Subject: Re: Can a .swf file contain viruses? or be a mean of hacking?
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> I think thats a good question... I certainly hope not!.
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> Guillermo Olvera <guillerm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Keith
> My girlfriend sent an swf file to a prospective employer, only to discover
> that the file was infected. So I know it's possible to transmit a virus via
> swf, but I don't know what else it could do...
ANY file sent from point A to point B can carry a virus. Flash is fairly safe
because it has no direct access to the file system and it can't launch executables
or make direct system calls. But it's binary, streaming content which can be
intercepted as it streams, so it, like most everything else, can be hacked.
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"Caleb Stone" <ca...@cdstone.com> wrote in message
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http://webreference.com/js/column71/
for the specifics...
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Nestor 10
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".chkr" is for mail-bots
Besides you can call javascript directly from .swf file (without any
modifications in HTML code) and use any security hole described for example
on http://www.guninski.com/
:)
Good luck !
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Ilya. -Polar Lights Studios-
Flash sources page http://polar-lights.com/en/
This pertains to the EXE projector, not the SWF. The SWF provides no
particular security threats that aren't already present in the browser. The
SWF itself is safe.
As far as an EXE projector, indeed, these can be abused. However, as with any
EXE, the only safe way to use these is to get them from a source that's
trusted. If you launch an EXE - of any type - on your computer, you don't know
what you're getting, Flash or otherwise.
Matt