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>> >>> >>>
>>>> Tim w wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ???????????????????????????31???????28????59??????????????????????????5
>>>>>>> 9??
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>> ?????????????????
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is this post and what happens if you click on the URL?
>>>>>>>>>> Copy and paste to google translate will enlighten you. The url is a link
>>>>> to a jpeg. If you have the normal internet security in place you can
>>>>> click on it without fear.
>>>>>>> Probably not a good idea. The link actually leads to a 119 byte swf file,
>>>> not a jpg. Probably too small to be a genuine shockwave file but big enough
>>>> to be something nasty.
>>>
>>> What's a shockwave file when its at home?
>>> Something designed to be executed by Shockwave Flash. 119 bytes is way too
>> small, so it's probably shellcode or something equally nasty.
>>>
formatting link
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> Is this a viable attack vector for OS X?
Try it and see. ;-) My ipad won't open swf files which is how I found where the link went.
Tim