What is this?.. screenclean.swf

[petef]

What is this?.. screenclean.swf

I recently came across the message & link below in an Email from a known

source. My first impression is that this is surely a hoax, however, after

doing some research I'm not finding any info related to malware on this

"screenclean.swf" topic. I know of no technical theory that would

support the concept of cleaning your screen from the inside.

 

What's up with this?

(see message below but I don't recommend clicking the link)

 

---pete---

 

 

> Happy New Year!

>

> For those to whom I owe e-mail responses; I've fallen behind, due to a

> difficulty in reading the computer screen. Truth be known, I thought I might

> have a cataract problem. A friend recently wrote, saying that with older

> monitors especially, a deposit gradually accumulates on the inside of the

> screen. Taking a monitor apart for cleaning is not recommended for the average

> user. Fortunately, there is a new downloadable tool that will reverse this

> process, should that be the cause of gradual loss of clarity. I tried it and

> couldn't believe the difference! You can download and try it for yourself, by

> going to:

> http://www.roberthein.dk/screenclean.swf

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[RandyL]

I pete;

Since it's a .swf file extension it's just a shockwave flash file. Harmless. I have a screenclean .swf file and it's hilarious. You open the file and move your mouse around it to view the results.

The link is dead it appears.

RandyL

[petef]

Yeah, I found the link in my message to be broken, which is probably a good thing.

 

After doing some initial research on this screenclean.swf topic, I came

across a site that had a video to watch on this screen cleaning issue.

Since it was just an online player, I attempted to view it wich resulted

in a dialog box indicating I needed to download and install a codec in

order to view the presentation. I tried to "x" out of that dialog but it

kept repeating, so I ended up using CTRL+ALT+DEL and ending task

on my browser in order to get off that site.

 

Ok, so that's all I needed to know. It's most likely a trick to get you

download and install some kind of malware. The codec is probably a

trojan.

 

This must be a brand new one because I was not

able to find much info on it, related to malware.

 

If anyone has any other info please, post it.

Thanks.

 

---pete---

[Seth]

It's just a joke, but the prompt for the codec is likely the MediaCodec Trojan.

 

Send me the link via PM Pete. I'll get the codec.

[plushy]

haha I was looking for this file and came across this forum and decided to register to tell you. screenclean.swf is a shockwave file that shows a picture of a puppy licking the screen, it's quite funny :P I doubt you need to worry about it harming you, it's rather cute actually.

[Seth]

Yes it's rather cute. But, it can come with a very stubborn variant of the MediaCodec Trojan as was the case in this scenario.