Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Chris Thornton — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:03:19 +0000

Update: Adobe is fixing this in the upcoming Flash Player 10, which will require user interaction before allowing clipboard access.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/116338
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1948

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

UNSEEN — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:04:07 +0000

Just got hit by this one and your site explained the problem. Thanks.

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Berry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:39:03 +0000

ClipGuru, a free clipboard manager from HTConsulting - http://clipguru.com - attempts to notify users of Windows clipboard hijacking. It does not prevent the attack, since it is under Windows clipboard control, but it does notify of it.

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Heather — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:40:16 +0000

I was just hit with this while visiting Photobucket. Urgghh.

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

LiteralDan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:18:58 +0000

I was hit with this when visiting Digg, and I was glad to find this page discussing my exact problem. I’ve Dugg it (and Shouted it) and Stumbled it. Thanks for gathering all this information, providing a solution, and helping me regain my sanity!

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Data Security Podcast — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:39:49 +0000

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Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Malicious Flash ads attack, spread via clipboard - Live FTA - Satellite Forums — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:35:04 +0000

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Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:28:30 +0000

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Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

SirTazofMania — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:09:08 +0000

IEPro is an addon for Internet Explorer and has a Flash Blocker. Not sure is this will block the Flash script allowing access to the clipboard though.

SirTazofMania

Clipboard Virus - Analysis by Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate

Sonic Purity — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:24:03 +0000

The Business end/SunBelt link is broken. Too bad… it looked interesting.

Thanks for your article!

))Sonic((

Editor: Update: Fixed / Thanks!