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  1. 24th July 2008, 09:38 PM #1
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    Default Adobe Flash Message: What does it mean?

    Hey there... I just got this when I went to the news.com.au website (leaving ninemsn.com.au after checking my hotmail email)...


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    What does it mean? I remember a friend had some About:Blank horror fight on his PC with some hijacking thingy... is that what this is??
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  2. 25th July 2008, 01:01 AM #2
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    Hmm.. didn't know Flash had any security messages.. I don't think that's official.

    I can't see how it would say "about:blank" as that's the setting for IE on PC. Neither safari nor firefox use the "about:blank" in the address bar as far as I know. Are you on a PC??

    I'm confused.
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    if you play dufus which is flash based a message similar to that will appear. i needed to set the security settings of flash player to allow that dufus game to log on to their servers so i can log in. its an mmo btw, not that spectacular.

    ive never seen that come up though after leaving hotmail. i even tried it out now and that message didnt appear.
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  4. 25th July 2008, 01:16 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanolo View Post
    Hmm.. didn't know Flash had any security messages.. I don't think that's official.

    I can't see how it would say "about:blank" as that's the setting for IE on PC. Neither safari nor firefox use the "about:blank" in the address bar as far as I know. Are you on a PC??

    I'm confused.
    It's a legit Flash Player security sandbox message - local SWF files are blocked from accessing remote data for security reasons.

    Why it's happening when you are leaving a site is the weird part...
    Aside from the annoyance factor, I wouldn't worry about it.

    btw, what browser does this happen in?
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  5. 25th July 2008, 01:16 AM #5
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    same thing happen to me i was little confused
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    Quote Originally Posted by geektechnu View Post
    btw, what browser does this happen in?
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanolo View Post
    Hmm.. didn't know Flash had any security messages.. I don't think that's official.
    It does, and it is.

    "about:blank" as that's the setting for IE on PC. Neither safari nor firefox use the "about:blank" in the address bar as far as I know.
    Have you actually tried "about:blank" in safari or firefox? It works a treat
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanolo View Post
    Are you on a PC??
    Are you for real? A PC??!!!

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  9. 25th July 2008, 01:05 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by SyncMan View Post

    Have you actually tried "about:blank" in safari or firefox? It works a treat
    Haha yea I've set both to blank page, but I don't recall seeing it say about:blank. Maybe I just never noticed.
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  10. 25th July 2008, 01:06 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rasta View Post
    Are you for real? A PC??!!!

    LOL I didn't think so
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    As others have pointed out, this is a real flash message. It's been part of the flash environment for a few iterations now that swfs will not allow cross-domain access as a safety measure without a specific coding work-around.

    Looks like something has gone bad with a served up flash advert and the cross-domain script isn't in place.

    I wouldn't allow the process, and then I wouldn't worry about it after disallowing (by clicking OK).
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