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Click-Fraud Trojan Politely Updates Flash On Compromised Computers

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-kind dept.

jfruh writes: Kotver is in many ways a typical clickfraud trojan: it hijacks the user's browser process to create false clicks on banner ads, defrauding advertisers and ad networks. But one aspect of it is unusual: it updates the victim's installation of Flash to the most recent version, ensuring that similar malware can't get in.

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  1. Re:Net positive? by techno-vampire · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, it has no effect on its own ability to spread, because it only updates Flash on machines it's already infected.

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  2. Re:Mixed Feelings by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Informative

    A lightweight static image with a link to the product page? Sure.

    A multiple-files-download, drag-down-my-CPU dynamic HTML5 ad? Fuck you.
    An auto-playing video ad? Fuck you too.

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