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Multiple WordPress sites are being redirected to a Pirate Bay copycat which in turn was being used to sling malware, anti-malware firm Malwarebytes warns. Several WordPress sites were injected with the same iframe over the last few days as part of an attack ultimately geared towards serving content from sites such as …

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    1. Andy Non Silver badge
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      Question: Why does YouTube still insist I enable Adobe Flash to view videos? I thought they'd switched to HTML5 or more recent technology supported directly in the browser? (I use Firefox latest version on Linux Mint). Am I missing something?

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      2. Sasswell
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        YouTube HTML5

        You can change your youtube HTML5 preference here https://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=GB

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Trollface

      It won't end there, Adobe contributed to Spartan.

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  2. Swarthy
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    Flash and Unpatched WordPress

    Shove some Windows XP in there and you win at "Vulnerability Bingo"

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    1. chivo243 Silver badge
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      Re: Flash and Unpatched WordPress

      Running as Administrator would fill my bingo card!

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  3. chivo243 Silver badge
    Joke

    New site

    If you download with the same winbox as you do your internet banking, I need some information from you please. Bank number, pin code etc, will be useful.

    Thanks for using Scamtor

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    The scum leading the dumb

    Maybe they got what they deserve?

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  5. x 7

    why is this news? Around 60% of the Pirate Bay clones setup when (real) TPB was taken down were infectious in one way or another.

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  6. Winkypop Silver badge
    Stop

    Flash

    Just say no.

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