tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post6514412800629704583..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Got Android? Be Careful Out There!Dad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-13402476793571681962015-04-14T23:51:18.490-05:002015-04-14T23:51:18.490-05:00Words of note and clarification are needed here.
...Words of note and clarification are needed here.<br /><br />An "flash upgrade" (lower case) and an "Flash upgrade" (upper case) are two totally different things.<br /><br />In most, if not all, Android "devices" (tablets, smart cellular telephones, PDAs, etc.), the Android OS (operating system) itself is installed and resides on/in an IC integrated circuit "chip" on the device's motherboard (i.e., main PCB printed circuit board). This is known as SoC "system on chip".<br /><br />An "flash upgrade" (lower case) is an upgrade/change, done via an "flash upgrade" software program, that an User/Owner of an device usually commits to the SoC to modify and/or completely change parts and/or all of the Android OS on the device.<br /><br />An "Flash upgrade" (upper case) is an Adobe Flash Player product upgrade and/or complete install/re-install of Adobe Flash Player.<br /><br />Although Dad29, in this blog posting, refers to an "flash upgrade" (lower case), implying an SoC change, according to the second hyperlink SC Magazine article in Dad29's posting here,<br />ExcerptBEGIN<br />"...the latest variant of SimpLocker infects Users when they navigate to less-than-reputable websites and are alerted that they have to download an “Flash Player” to watch videos..."<br />ExcerptEND .<br />SC Magazine refers here to an fake Adobe Flash Player product upgrade and/or complete install/re-install.<br /><br />Adobe dropped support for Flash several years ago on ALL mobile devices.<br /><br />Adobe, in what may possibly be the single silliest move in their entire history, and they've had a lot of 'em, decided to drop support for mobile versions of Flash Player three years or so ago.<br /><br />The only LATEST Adobe Flash Player that operates on any mobile device is an modded Version 11.1.x.x of Adobe Flash Player that usually needs to be downloaded and then side-loaded/side-installed on the device. This is an special separate manual install of Adobe Flash Player.<br /><br />Any Android device User who wants to be "in-the-know" should understand that any message asking you to install Adobe Flash Player for your device HAS TO BE, LOGICALLY, NEFARIOUS because Adobe doesn't make/support Flash for Android any more.<br /><br />Your first clue of bullshit should be that these idiot ransomware developers are even requesting you to install an product that cannot even exist any more.<br /><br />You've been warned...and informed.Saint Revolutionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-18670221301999915992015-02-14T23:09:04.026-06:002015-02-14T23:09:04.026-06:00Safe browsing practices eliminate most of the chan...Safe browsing practices eliminate most of the chance of getting this. On the PC, using something other than a Microsoft e-mail client (which is how I suspect my dad's computer got infected by a non-encrypting version of this) also helps mitigate the risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-89947531075102569532015-02-14T08:03:27.894-06:002015-02-14T08:03:27.894-06:00Two good links
How to rescue your PC from ransomw...Two good links<br /><br />How to rescue your PC from ransomware @ http://www.pcworld.com/article/2084002/how-to-rescue-your-pc-from-ransomware.html<br /><br />Ransomware - What is ransomware? @ http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/ransomware.aspxDale Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040236779328386342noreply@blogger.com