how did i copy from someone else's clipboard?!
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this is most weird. it's now the second time this has happened to me, but it happened from the other side now. the first time was 4 or 5 years ago where i copied some text to paste it somewhere and my manager did a copy and paste on his laptop, but he pasted my text. both of us windows 7 and on a work domain. now, 5 minutes ago, the same thing happened to me again. i took a screenshot of some code in visual studio, pasted it in mspaint, dragged a block around a function and copied that to paste in an email. when i ctrl-v'd in the new email, it pasted a shortened youtube like to a "nissan 200sx" video (i have very little interest in watching anything other than food videos on youtube). this time, i'm on windows10 and not on the work domain (ain't nobody got time fo' that!). i also have no idea who this link came from and how it infiltrated my clipboard. so far my leading theories are: - crazy-ass windows - is aliens - barry allen ran in, looked for a youtube video, copied the link, emailed it off and forgot to copy my previous item before he left
virus? apps can put stuff on the clipoard, so you might have somethign fishy running.
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Any local app has access to the clipboard, and you can access it even with VB6. I'd be guessing more in the direction of badly written malware than a "bug" in Windows where it accidentally puts the content on the clipboard of the active session of the logged in user on another machine.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
I'd be guessing more in the direction of badly written malware than a "bug" in Windows where it accidentally puts the content on the clipboard of the active session of the logged in user on another machine.
Well I can confirm the other variation. First day of new formated amd installed laptop (by corporation IT), issue was still there. If it is malware... then it affects a lot of computers. Besides... it is a malware that only is active while remote Desktop is active. You close the window (not even needed to log off) and everything works fine again
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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this is most weird. it's now the second time this has happened to me, but it happened from the other side now. the first time was 4 or 5 years ago where i copied some text to paste it somewhere and my manager did a copy and paste on his laptop, but he pasted my text. both of us windows 7 and on a work domain. now, 5 minutes ago, the same thing happened to me again. i took a screenshot of some code in visual studio, pasted it in mspaint, dragged a block around a function and copied that to paste in an email. when i ctrl-v'd in the new email, it pasted a shortened youtube like to a "nissan 200sx" video (i have very little interest in watching anything other than food videos on youtube). this time, i'm on windows10 and not on the work domain (ain't nobody got time fo' that!). i also have no idea who this link came from and how it infiltrated my clipboard. so far my leading theories are: - crazy-ass windows - is aliens - barry allen ran in, looked for a youtube video, copied the link, emailed it off and forgot to copy my previous item before he left
You realise this will happen more and more once we get to quantum computing
cheers Chris Maunder
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
I'd be guessing more in the direction of badly written malware than a "bug" in Windows where it accidentally puts the content on the clipboard of the active session of the logged in user on another machine.
Well I can confirm the other variation. First day of new formated amd installed laptop (by corporation IT), issue was still there. If it is malware... then it affects a lot of computers. Besides... it is a malware that only is active while remote Desktop is active. You close the window (not even needed to log off) and everything works fine again
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
Besides... it is a malware that only is active while remote Desktop is active. You close the window (not even needed to log off) and everything works fine again
..and there you localized it to a local application. Might not be malicious, could just as well be a simple bug. ..but Windows itself? Little chance that the OS would be that confused :)
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Nelek wrote:
Besides... it is a malware that only is active while remote Desktop is active. You close the window (not even needed to log off) and everything works fine again
..and there you localized it to a local application. Might not be malicious, could just as well be a simple bug. ..but Windows itself? Little chance that the OS would be that confused :)
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
and there you localized it to a local application.
Personal experience, always the same. Happening sporadically depending on what we (team) are doing in the remote desktop
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Might not be malicious, could just as well be a simple bug.
That was my point from the very beggining. You were the one speaking about malware ;P ;P
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
but Windows itself? Little chance that the OS would be that confused
Have you been living in outer space the last couple of years? I would not be surprised if it get worst.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You realise this will happen more and more once we get to quantum computing
cheers Chris Maunder
His manager has both a key logger and a clipboard capturing tool installed on his machine - and is probably pretending to be surprised so OP won't know he's being monitored. :-D
Regards, Nish
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You realise this will happen more and more once we get to quantum computing
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
quantum computing
Is this when your computer disappears when you try to look at it ?
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
and there you localized it to a local application.
Personal experience, always the same. Happening sporadically depending on what we (team) are doing in the remote desktop
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Might not be malicious, could just as well be a simple bug.
That was my point from the very beggining. You were the one speaking about malware ;P ;P
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
but Windows itself? Little chance that the OS would be that confused
Have you been living in outer space the last couple of years? I would not be surprised if it get worst.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
That was my point from the very beggining. You were the one speaking about malware ;-P ;-P
My point was that it would not be the OS. Perhaps we should note the point we want to make at the top of the post, for clarity :p
Nelek wrote:
Have you been living in outer space the last couple of years? I would not be surprised if it get worst.
What, accidentally writing in the memory-space of another machine? :rolleyes:
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Chris Maunder wrote:
quantum computing
Is this when your computer disappears when you try to look at it ?
It's more about the outcome of your program depends on how you measure it. See also: Corporate finances, Government programs, the question "have you had too much to drink".
cheers Chris Maunder
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It's more about the outcome of your program depends on how you measure it. See also: Corporate finances, Government programs, the question "have you had too much to drink".
cheers Chris Maunder
:laugh: :thumbsup:
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that's just it. when this happened last week, i took a screenshot, pasted it in mspaint, highlighted a section, copied and went to email and pasted some random youtube url. all in the space of half a minute.
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that's just it. when this happened last week, i took a screenshot, pasted it in mspaint, highlighted a section, copied and went to email and pasted some random youtube url. all in the space of half a minute.