Is there a way to determine / log, *if another process is calling* those 2 files, or if determine if TBB, or Flash, is calling the 2 files to start? Even though _no Flash vids are ever played_. Below - Some additional replies to previous comments.
On 6/16/2014 7:38 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
OK, it probably gets installed in TBB, at same time as for regular Fx, but it's always automatically set to disabled in both. I can deal w/ that, or just remove it? each time Flash is updated. But *figuring out what's going on may lead to bug report for TBB.*On 6/16/2014 7:02 PM, krishna e bera wrote:On 14-06-16 03:17 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:In at least the last couple TBB versions, or longer, I've found FlashPlayerPlugin_x.x.exe (latest *13_0_0_214.exe) running in background - numerous times. Actually, 2 instances of flash exe files are always shown running. Biggest question is, what is Flash doing to Tor anonymity in these cases. Just because Flash isn't playing doesn't mean it's not contacting someone, somewhere. I rarely use Flash - I assume TBB *now comes w/ it installed?* [snip]>"/Adobe Flashplayer has never come with TBB/."
>"/Are you sure it isnt the ActiveX plugin that comes with MS-Windows? Or >perhaps it got installed at the same time as you updated the flashplayer >for Internet Explorer/?"
Yes, I'm sure. Read comment on that - above & below.
Doubt it seriously. Other scenarios mentioned are much more likely, plus nothing was detected."/If not, your computer may be infected with a fake flashplayer. Many website ads offer them with a button that looks deceptively like the download you may have wanted to click on, or even a drive-by exploit/."
*/No, I think it's more likely that if Flash plugin is installed for one version of Fx, it gets installed for all versions of Fx./* That may explain how it gets there, but not why it starts 2 flash executables in background, when the plugin in TBB has always been, & still is set at "Never Activate." It's not like I'm temporarily activating the plugin, playing some Flash vids, then forgetting to disable it. As said, I never see the Flash files that run in background, being *associated w/ regular Fx* - only TBB. They're always listed under Tor Browser - in Process Explorer window. Has to be a bug? If I catch the files running in background (as process under TBB), then immediately check TBB plugins status - & it's still disabled, how could that be? Again, the same version Flash plugin is installed in regular Fx & those 2 Flash files *never start in background, under it.* I (maybe) can just remove the plugin from TBB - I rarely use Flash. But if I keep it in regular Fx - for emergencies - I'll have to keep removing it in TBB. Sometimes, I'll forget, cause I don't think of plugins being installed in TBB.
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