News Adobe Flash possibly compromised

Discussion in 'Technology' started by Laurence_Fox, Jul 8, 2015.

  1. Laurence_Fox Chaser

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    I'm just posting this from tumblr since it might save someone a lot of hassle.

    However...

    For those of you that might be affected and are using FireFox, I found this which might help until you can update. It's just as addon that disables Flash.

    Keep safe everyone.
     
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    Thank you, @Laurence_Fox! I just updated from 18.0.0.194 to 18.0.0.203.

    I also updated my mom's as she was severely outdated. Way back on 17.0.0.190.
     
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    I just saw the option to disable it and I am disabling it until I see some sort of confirmation that all the vulnerabilities are taken care of. Here's some further information and I'll be keeping an eye on the situation.
     
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    That's how it works, sadly. They get one security issue patched and two more pop up in its place.[DOUBLEPOST=1436913504][/DOUBLEPOST]@Laurence_Fox: Patch is being rolled out: 18.0.0.209. However, if you want to get it as quickly as possible:

    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
     
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