Re: Anybody know why Websense is blocking Flash player downloads?

["The Security Community" <thesecuritycommunity () gmail com>]

What's all this then?

 * Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash

 http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3406190/6334336/131164/2/


On 8/6/08, Hubbard, Dan <dhubbard () websense com> wrote:
> Still checking into the cause but this was fixed yesterday within 10 minutes
> from a customer reporting it. Depending on your version you may need to
> update the database via a new download (most versions would have done this
> automatically).
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> It was indeed a false positive so no Adobe has not gone to the dark side.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Security Community [mailto:thesecuritycommunity () gmail com]
> Sent: Wed 8/6/2008 8:12 AM
> To: funsec; Hubbard, Dan
> Subject: Anybody know why Websense is blocking Flash player downloads?
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> See below... has Adobe gone to the Dark Side?
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> Your organization's Internet use policy restricts access to this web
> page at this time.
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> Reason:
>  The Websense category "Illegal or Questionable" is filtered.
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> URL:
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
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