Adobe releases critical emergency update for Flash Player

[Coyotl]

Adobe releases critical emergency update for Flash Player
Lucian Constantin Feb 4, 2014 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2094220/adobe-releases-critical-emergency-update-for-flash-player.html

Adobe released an update for Flash Player to fix a critical remote code execution vulnerability that is actively being targeted by attackers.

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely take control of an affected system, Adobe said in a security advisory published Tuesday.

The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-0497 on the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list and is classified as an integer underflow. It can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the system.

"Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for this vulnerability exists in the wild, and recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions.”

The company released Flash Player 12.0.0.44 for Windows and Mac and 11.2.202.336 for Linux. The Flash Player versions included in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 and 11 will be automatically updated through the respective update mechanisms of those browsers.

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[NYC_SKP]

1. I avoid Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.

I consider them to be malicious software.

[2naSalit]

2. Indeed.

I disabled them immediately/ Had to install Firefox before I could close Explorer though. there is a problem doing that too because some of the functions for pictures are tied to that platform... which sucks.

Guess I better get it together with the patch...

later.

[Coyotl]

8. On a PC, you also have to go to preferences and shut down IE's capability to use Java and JavaScript

because it runs all the time as part of the desktop and that allows malware an entre.

[2naSalit]

9. Aha!

Thanks. I missed that part and get annoyed when I try to look at my pictures and the IE crap pops up.

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. Internet Explorer. The world's leading web browser

for downloading a real web browser.

[bigdarryl]

10. I use Google Chrome and have a lot of pop up advertising that I can't get rid of

And that's with Norton

[NYC_SKP]

11. I just don't trust Google, Google Plus, all the rest.

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I can remember when Google first came out (I'd used yahoo, excite, and Alta Vista before that) and it would do a search quickly and when you clicked on a result, it went right to that URL.

These days, it's much slower due to, I suspect, Google analytics and the data mining that goes on.

If your browser is set to show the URL that links go to before you click, you'll see that Google results don't go directly to the site. And it slows everything down.

Example, a search for Democratic Underground shows us as the first hit.

But when you click on it you don't go directly to the site, the link is longer:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F&ei=GnryUtDyJ9HCoAT06IH4Bg&usg=AFQjCNEOCbW9PoMHchsdTbb__tDvyNKzAw&sig2=ln3mpalVRu7Z91HmybLLng

Now why is that???

[Jesus Malverde]

18. The short answer is to track the click.

The longer point is they need data like this to fine tune their results. If you search for "democratic underground" and most people click on the eighth result then soon google will start returning that result in the top five.

[adirondacker]

19. If you're a company, I think you can buy your way to the top 5 as well, which kinda sucks IMHO. nt

[JDPriestly]

3. I had to remove my Adobe Flash Player, and there are a lot of videos that I cannot watch.

[Coyotl]

7. WHY? I could not access videos last night and had to update.

I'm worried about the phishing malware that ask one to update Adobe products, so I always go to adobe.com to do it manually.

[ananda]

4. It came up and I installed it yesterday.

It was no big deal.

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. Or you could switch to a real operation system and stop worrying and paying off thieves.

[gerogie2]

12. The Flash player IS malware.

I run firefox and have flash player set to 'ask to activate' so when I visit a commercial web site I'm not waiting ten minutes for all the stupid flash ads to download and display.

[Coyotl]

13. Use adBlocker

I don't even see the ads.

[ChiciB1]

14. Tired Out Right Now...

Will check this out later. I'm so UN-techy I don't know what I should or shouldn't do most of the times. Have malware and AVG... but do get Flash Player reminders that say they will download in 30 days if I do nothing. That's on a Mac Book. But have a PC with Internet Explorer, so I stay confused!

[hunter]

15. I won't install Flash on my personal computer.

It's a vehicle for delivering advertising and it's full of tracking software that benefits the advertisers, not me, the user.

If a site insists on using Flash then I probably don't want to see what they are selling anyways.

My life is really much better this way.

(I don't watch television either.)

[Coyotl]

16. Use AdBlocker

[hunter]

17. I go about it my own way.

Many of the sites I frequent, mostly technical websites, don't have pernicious advertising, especially when flash is unavailable to them. I do not begrudge those site owners their advertising. Crap advertisers and tracking sites I block with my own lists, partly because I'm interested seeing who is trying to sell me stuff or take a peak at my browsing habits. My cookie list is short, cookies don't live longer than a day, most of them less than that.

I don't use Microsoft or Apple products, I don't have anything Android, so it's not like I'm singling out Adobe. I do my best to avoid our "consumer" society. I don't want to be a "consumer."

I'd rather grow and make things.