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I assume back-porting this change to Windows 7 may have needed too much re-designing. The concept of a built-in Flash Player was only added in Windows 8. You and the poster named “D.”are correct, IE 10 for Windows 7 does not include the built-in Flash player. My apologies that my information was confusing. ~ Reader-Free and Java-Free s0 far, can Flash-Free be far behind? ~ NET directory mess look intelligently designed.ģ) Can anyone explain why Adobe maintains both Versions 11 and 10 of Flash? Are they just as safe/vulnerable? And why would the Version 11 installation executables be 4 times the size of the Version 10 executables? Just wonderin’… Remember how they used to number the folders for Adobe Reader? The Adobe AIR version numbering almost makes the numbering system morass of the. You would think that the “Versions\1.0” directory was for Version 1.0, no? No, that’s where they all go. Right-click on the Adobe AIR.dll file located inside the \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0 directory and choose Properties and then the Version (Windows XP) or Details (Windows Vista/Windows 7) tab.”
“The following information can be used to determine the version of the Adobe AIR runtime that is currently installed on a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux system:
Three “sorry-I’m-feeling-so-snarky” points / questions about the Adobe update:ġ) “Adobe released the fourth security update in nearly as many weeks for its Flash Player software, as well as a fix for Adobe AIR” doesn’t engender a lot of faith in the products. You are awesome, man, the Washington Post really lost out when they lost you! (My only suggestion is that you enhance the “Once Hourly Digest Email” subject lines of your e-mail subscription messages with the actual title of the post.) Thanks to Brian for the as-always excellent up-to-date info, links, etc.
This entry was posted on Tuesday 12th of March 2013 01:34 PM AIR ships with an auto-update function that should prompt users to update when they start an application that requires it the newest, patched version is 3.
The patched version of Flash for Chrome is 11.6.602.180 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, although it does not appear that Google has pushed out this update yet. Windows users who browse the Web with anything other than Internet Explorer will need to apply this patch twice, once with IE and again using the alternative browser ( Firefox, Opera, e.g.).įinally, if you have Adobe AIR installed (required by some programs like Tweetdeck and Pandora Desktop), you’ll want to update this program. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 have built-in auto-update features that should bring Flash to the most recent version.
The most recent versions are available from the Adobe download center, but beware potentially unwanted add-ons, like McAfee Security Scan). To avoid this, uncheck the pre-checked box before downloading, or grab your OS-specific Flash download from here. This link should tell you which version of Flash your browser has installed. But that could change soon, so if you have Flash installed (and most users do), please take a moment to update it. Adobe says it is not aware of any exploits or attacks in the wild targeting the issues addressed in this update. This patch fixes at least four security flaws in Flash Player. The update from Adobe brings Flash Player to version 11.6.602.180 on Windows and Mac OS X systems (see the chart below for the most recent version numbers on other operating systems). More information on the Microsoft patches is available at the Microsoft security response center blog, which also discusses some changes to the way security updates are applied to apps available through the Windows Store.
Updates are available for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, 20. The critical patches address bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft today began pushing out seven security patches, four of them rated “critical,” meaning the flaws they fix could be used by malware or bad guys to break into unpatched systems with little or no help from users. Adobe released the fourth security update in nearly as many weeks for its Flash Player software, as well as a fix for Adobe AIR. Microsoft issued seven update bundles to address at least 19 20 vulnerabilities in Windows and related software. Microsoft and Adobe each released patches today to plug critical security holes in their products.