RandomUser
2008-02-04, 16:34
After updating today, I went to Immunize but there was nothing to immunize. Then I closed Spybot, and the Spybot Resident popped up a question about changing a registry setting and then I hit Allow at the same time I noticed it was a "Flash Player Update". I found this strange so I went to the registry and I find that:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\
Microsoft\
Windows\
CurrentVersion\
RunOnce\
FlashPlayerUpdate
is set to:
C:\
Program Files\
Opera\
Program\
Plugins\
NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe -p
A quick Google search reveals that there exists malware related to NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe. I have not restarted my computer.
Is this part of a legit Spybot update? Or is there something fishy?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\
Microsoft\
Windows\
CurrentVersion\
RunOnce\
FlashPlayerUpdate
is set to:
C:\
Program Files\
Opera\
Program\
Plugins\
NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe -p
A quick Google search reveals that there exists malware related to NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe. I have not restarted my computer.
Is this part of a legit Spybot update? Or is there something fishy?