yeah, specially if you execute it /open it manually.
NEVER a swf animation executed on a web page will interact with your hard disk files, Macromedia has implemented policies to avoid this kind of actions
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In testing Sophos has confirmed the Macromedia Flash element of the virus works when the SWF file is manually downloaded from an affected website and opened using the Macromedia Flash player.
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Interesting, it says something about interact with a program INSTALLED in your har disk, oh and dowload that file... oh yeah, I got it, "virus attack if I DOWNLOAD an swf file, save it on My Documents or something and then I open it" .... Jesus, what's that for??, did you forget that you were surffing the internet and visiting a forum? ?? Don't do experiments if you don't know what you are doing.
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Sophos recommends webmasters put in place procedures and policies to ensure the integrity of the code they place on their websites, whether it be obviously executable (in the case of, for instance, EXE and COM files) or Macromedia Flash movies.
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Totally inofesive that code, I repeat, is the same code used on
http://www.msn.com/ at Advertisement, or at
http://www.nfl.com/ or any site with flash animations.
Please people, don't worry... be happy
If you don't want to take "the risk", please just don't install it.
Sharing this bb code wont help me to hack your site or get your bank account PIN or something.