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Clipboard Hijack Spreads Panic
Aug 18, 2008, 19 :31 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (7315 reads)

(Other stories by Lucian Constantin)

"Since the middle of July, users around the web started reporting a strange persistent link present in their clipboard. First, it was believed it was a new Windows-related malware; however, soon after, people using Mac OS X started reporting the same problem, and then, Linux users followed."

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I can't say I've seen this yet.  ...   Not a problem   
Grishnakh
Aug 18, 2008, 20:00:26
 
The problem seems to be that scripts can ...   Security   
YetAnotherBob
Aug 18, 2008, 20:07:26
 
> The problem seems to be that scripts c ...   Re: Security   
blackhole
Aug 19, 2008, 13:06:57
 
That's one lesson.  And I generally  ...   Re: Re: Security   
No Man
Aug 19, 2008, 21:17:05
 
> You can't write to or read from th ...   Re: Re: Re: Security   
blackhole
Aug 20, 2008, 04:30:27
 
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