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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:11 AM
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Well, I know how to get entries for collabs now. But I started thinking, could a flash animation actually be a virus? Just think about it, you push play and the next frame has the delete system 32 code, or whatever else can do something to your pc. Is that possible? thanks.
Posted at: 7/4/09 12:15 AM
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no, flash cant access your system like that.
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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:17 AM
thanks
Posted at: 7/4/09 12:19 AM
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The most malicious thing a flash can do it make your printer print out images (of child porn?). Flash won't even let Flash take control of the mouse.
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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:21 AM
yeah i saw that it can work with your printer when I browsed through some codes
Posted at: 7/4/09 12:27 AM
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Well...Technically, after you press play in a flash it could send you to a website which could give you a virus and damage your computer. But I've never seen it happen before and it probably never will.
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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:47 AM
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On a side note, though, Flex applications - I believe - can cause some serious damage to your computer.
You have to download them, though. So just be cautious of the Flex desktop apps you install.
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Posted at: 7/4/09 04:42 AM
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Any code in a swf has to be interpreted and processed by the actual Flash plugin the browser uses. The Flash plugin will not execute foreign code.
Posted at: 7/4/09 04:44 AM
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Well, you could put so much code in that it crashe's your computer.
Posted at: 7/4/09 04:55 AM
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Yes, Flash can be used as a virus. It has been in the past and it probably will be again at some point in the future. Fortunately, such exploits are always non-trivial to implement and Adobe is generally pretty good about closing security holes quickly. There's no "format hard drive" directive in ActionScript. :)
Posted at: 7/4/09 06:36 AM
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Posted at: 7/4/09 08:19 AM
Thanks guys, Im relieved lol. Just think, you made a nice collab, like street fighter one, spent hours or days on it, and you play it and one douchebag just happens to have the system 32 code in a frame. that would suck lol
Posted at: 7/4/09 09:42 AM
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At 7/4/09 04:44 AM, AlmostDead1 wrote: Well, you could put so much code in that it crashe's your computer.
No you can't. Flash Player has a time limit for code to execute; once a block of code is executed but fails to complete for more than 15 seconds, Flash Player quits the application. It would be a lot easier to code a malicious application in an executable file.
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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:09 PM
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I think to conclude what all these guy's are getting to yes it can
while javascript is an overall better hacking device flash can do some malicious things to your computer printscares- rickrolls- illegal downloads- all that jazz
nowadays with flex its actually MORE dangerous
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Posted at: 7/4/09 12:11 PM
At 7/4/09 12:09 PM, naronic wrote: I think to conclude what all these guy's are getting to yes it can while javascript is an overall better hacking device flash can do some malicious things to your computer printscares- rickrolls- illegal downloads- all that jazz nowadays with flex its actually MORE dangerous
That's not exactly malicious, maybe with Flex it could be, but you're just retarded if you download something and execute it when it's not from a trusted site. (Like what I did with 4chan Fandango).
Posted at: 7/4/09 11:56 PM
I had to leave 4chan, i could tell it did something to my pc lol. But i mean Truploader. is it safe?
Posted at: 7/5/09 12:35 AM
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4Chan was the whole reason I had to re-format my computers hard-drive. So I never go on it again.
Seriously, 4Chans not a trusted site, if you go on it, you're just begging to get a virus =/
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Posted at: 7/5/09 12:40 AM
yup its dangerous
Posted at: 7/5/09 12:44 AM
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At 7/5/09 12:35 AM, JKAmovies wrote: 4Chan was the whole reason I had to re-format my computers hard-drive. So I never go on it again. Seriously, 4Chans not a trusted site, if you go on it, you're just begging to get a virus =/
You went to 4chan?
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Posted at: 7/5/09 07:46 AM
At 7/5/09 12:44 AM, Zyphonee wrote: You went to 4chan?
Meh! I went on 4Chan a total of about 3/2 times, and BAM a virus :3
Posted at: 7/5/09 08:12 AM
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No, I highly doubt that flash can do something like that.
All this coding talk is making my head spin.
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