Firefox - New Fake Adobe Flash update is spyware agent
Posted
Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:16 AM
by
hwaldron
As the Trend labs article reports, Firefox is becoming a greater target for malware development, as it is a popular browser choice among users. Everyone should continue to be careful no matter what operating system or browser they use.
Firefox Add-on Spies on Google Search Results
http://blog.trendmicro.com/firefox-addo-spies-on-google-search-results/
QUOTE: Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of a spyware (detected as TSPY_EBOD.A) purporting to be an Adobe Flash Player update. Upon execution, the spyware creates a Firefox add-on called “Adobe Flash Player 0.2,” the installer of which uses JavaScript (detected as JS_EBOD.A) and appears to spread via forum posts