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An analysis of the virus by Sophos can be found here:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/swflfm926.html
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The SWF/LFM-926 virus, which could infect surfers if they download and then open a Flash file on their PC, is the first of its kind. Simply viewing a Web site or Flash movie fails to cause infection, but this is a simple proof of concept of the ability of virus writers to develop a flash-based Virus. The SWF/LFM-926 Virus only infects other Macromedia Flash files but this shows the ability of building a Virus that can spread, and future versions may carry damaging payloads.
Vendor response:
Macromedia has issued a statement clarifying that the issue affects only Macromedia Flash and not Shockwave content, which is produced using Director Shockwave studio, a different product.
A patch for Macromedia Flash will be available latter this week, the firm promised. More information can be found here.
Antivirus vendors, and out initial report, referred to Shockwave Flash but this is inaccurate: .SWF used to stand for Shockwave Flash file format, but now it's just Flash.
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