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March 07, 2012, 01:10:29 AM
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What is this storage.swf hosted on Amazon Cloudfront that I find on so many websites including bitcointalk.org? Do I need to load this flash thingy or is it just Amazon spying on us?
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March 07, 2012, 01:17:45 AM
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Quote from: ykasot on March 07, 2012, 01:10:29 AM
What is this storage.swf hosted on Amazon Cloudfront that I find on so many websites including bitcointalk.org? Do I need to load this flash thingy or is it just Amazon spying on us?
Sir, That is just you.
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March 07, 2012, 01:35:00 AM
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Bitcointalk doesn't load any file with that filename. Actually... it loads no flash objects.
So it's more than likely you either have a virus, or you are connecting through a proxy which is injecting this object into the page, OR... one of your browser add-ons / extensions is doing so.
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March 07, 2012, 01:47:06 AM
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I went to look at the page source and got a little worried when I saw storage.swf in the <head>. But then I realized it was just there because of the topic title...

Try comparing your version of the source to unmodified source (gotten through a proxy) to see what else has changed. Extra info from that might help you find the problem.
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March 07, 2012, 02:00:15 AM
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Quote from: theymos on March 07, 2012, 01:47:06 AM
I went to look at the page source and got a little worried when I saw storage.swf in the <head>. But then I realized it was just there because of the topic title...

Try comparing your version of the source to unmodified source (gotten through a proxy) to see what else has changed. Extra info from that might help you find the problem.
The same exact thing happened to me when I was checking what the OP posted. Then I noticed where it was...
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March 07, 2012, 03:11:53 AM
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https://www.google.com/search?q=storage.swf

http://nfriedly.com/techblog/2010/07/swf-for-javascript-cross-domain-flash-cookies/

Oh, and flash cookies are nasty as most people don't even know they exist, thus don't clean them, and get tracked without even knowing.
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March 07, 2012, 04:32:22 AM
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I found it. The "storage.swf" was injected by the Firefox extension "pdfforge toolbar 5.0", installed by the open source "PDFCreator" from http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/ - it also did install the Firefox extension "Widgi Toolbar Platform 5.0" which seems to be used to implement toolbars like the "pdfforge toolbar". If I wasn't using "FlashBock" Firefox extension, I probably would never have discovered this strange "storage.swf".
Thank you & have a good night.
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