Antivirus company Sophos reported a new type of virus that infects Flash movies. The new program, named SWF/LFM-926, does little but infect Flash files on a PC when the movie is played.

The SWF/LFM-926 should mainly be a concern to Web site designers who use Flash animations to add pizzazz to their sites, Cluley said. Flash technology, created by digital media company Macromedia ...

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Flash Player 8 plugs a serious code execution hole affecting Windows users.

ScreenTime Media on Wednesday released SWF Desktop 1.2, its tool used to create active desktop wallpaper using Macromedia Flash-based content. The new release adds support for Flash MX 2004 and ...

This critical security update for Windows XP addresses vulnerabilities in the Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe that could allow remote code execution.

The SWF/LFM-926 virus' name is derived from the abbreviation for Shockwave Flash, as Macromedia Flash used to be known, the displayed message and the size of the file.