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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Andrew Hendrickson wrote: > Are Flashback and Flashfake the same thing, as these articles seem to suggest? Yes. As I understand it, "Flashfake" was the earlier version that masqueraded itself as an Adobe Flash installer, and required human interaction to install. "Flashback" exploited the unpatched Java vulnerability to install itself silently. Same malware/payload, different install vectors. -JLT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan L. Trigaux Enterprise Technology Services: Client Services 113N Waterman University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405