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Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet

by Dancho Danchev  |  October 14, 2009 7:09am PDT  |  Image 6 of 12

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Fake "This content requires Adobe Flash Player 10.37" message

Yet another attempt by the Koobface gang to differentiate the already known Youtube+outdated Adobe Flash Player template combination.

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  • Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof
    You might want to check out the 3rd image for the article "Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof". There is some words in it that some might not want to see.
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    michaelgaris@...
    22nd Oct 2009
  • Bottom Line...
    Never download flash from anywhere but adobe, and if a
    site says your player is out of date, then manually go to
    adobe yourself. If adobe says your flash player is up to
    date, another site says it's not and wants you to install
    from a .exe from their site, then it's time to rip your
    ethernet cable from the wall, immediately unplug your
    computer, open case, remove hd, call a priest for an
    exorcism, then finish by shooting said hd with silver
    bullets and soaking the corpse generously with holy
    water... You know, just in case...
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    edwards.wb
    26th Feb 2010

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