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:Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
Dec 9, 2009, 23 :07 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6447 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"Almost all the video on the Web is in Flash, and we just take it for granted. That's a mistake. Like any other popular application, it can be an easy way for a cracker to hack into your computer.

"Take Adobe Flash's latest round of patches. Adobe doesn't say a lot about exactly what it's fixing in its security advisory, but out of the seven security bugs they're fixing, six of the repairs are on problems that "could potentially lead to code execution.""

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At work, the last Firefox with Flash 10  ...   What do I do?   
Neko Nata
Dec 9, 2009, 23:34:12
 
As a dialup user, I have found Flashbloc ...   Re: What do I do?   
Vance
Dec 10, 2009, 05:38:08
 
In Firefox I use Flashblock (and I only  ...   I use flashblock to solve the flash problem   
Marko
Dec 10, 2009, 08:11:33
 
> After trying version 10 for some time, ...   Re: What do I do?   
Neko Nata
Dec 10, 2009, 10:14:43
 
Just FYI, FlashBlock while quite usefull ...   Flashblock is no security   
Damjan
Dec 10, 2009, 16:24:30
 
Thanks for the tip, already installed Fl ...   Thx, everyone!   
Neko Nata
Dec 10, 2009, 22:56:19
 
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