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NEW Adobe Flash Zero-day Vulnerability / Exploit - Uninstall Flash Today From All Computers
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| Oct 15, 2015
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Posted on 10/15/2015 11:34:56 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:00:12 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: musicman
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:01:42 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: dayglored
Not really. 99% of the use of Flash these days is for advertising of the obnoxious type. Then there are those of us who actually use vSphere. :(
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:02:11 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: dayglored
I followed the uninstall instructions and Shockwave still appears in my add-ons.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:02:37 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(A proud CRUZader.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:04:11 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: ShadowAce
>
Then there are those of us who actually use vSphere. :( Yeah, I hear ya, same problem here. I'm using a special-purpose captive VM on my workstation for that. No web browsing or email permitted on that VM.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:04:18 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
Where’s the article explaining the current Flash trouble?
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:04:44 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: dayglored
Doesn’t Flash help run things like Youtube, etc.? And if so, what would be a good substitute?
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:07:08 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: PROCON
>
I followed the uninstall instructions and Shockwave still appears in my add-ons. Make sure you closed ALL instances of all your browsers, otherwise something may be holding onto the plugin.
If you're running Linux, it's possible the flashplayer file is stored in multiple places; I only suggested those two as examples, it depends on your distro and how you installed it.
Which OS are you running?
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:15:23 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(A proud CRUZader.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:16:28 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(A proud CRUZader.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
>
Doesn’t Flash help run things like Youtube, etc.? And if so, what would be a good substitute? YouTube now provides nearly all their videos in HTML5 or other non-Flash format, so you can run YT on iPads and iPhones and other devices that don't support Flash. YouTube is not a problem.
There's no direct substitute for Flash for things like games that were written in Flash.
Microsoft developed SilverLight as a "Flash killer" some years ago; it had about as much success killing Flash as their Zune did at killing the iPod. SL is still available but nothing is written in it and MS is desupporting it.
It's important to note that the Windows 10 browser "Edge" does not support plugins at all. This is a clue. Plugins are a security risk even at the best of times, and they load down the browser.
The future is without plugins, at least of that old sort.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:17:24 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: PROCON
>
Make that 8.1 If you removed it from Programs and Features, and it no longer appears in that list, but only within the browser Add-Ons page, then you might try a (what else?) reboot, to make absolutely sure nothing is holding onto the old files.
It really ought to go away at that point.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:19:34 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
What is the CVE? Or rather which CVE are you talking about?
To: dayglored
A reboot didn't help.
Does Adobe Reader XII have anything to do with Shockwave? It's still in my programs list.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:30:18 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(A proud CRUZader.)
To: PROCON
In windows 8.1 itay be enabled in the IE app as well as IE desktop. Try launching the app and disable ot there as well. Note this is just a guess since I do not have a Windows 8 computer handy right now.
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:35:35 PM PDT
by
Woodman
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:37:34 PM PDT
by
867V309
(Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:57:43 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: the_boy_who_got_lost
>
What is the CVE? Or rather which CVE are you talking about? CVE-2015-7645
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posted on
10/15/2015 12:58:39 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/15/2015 1:07:34 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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