 Flash vulnerability, please update to v9 |
| jimlongo |
 Sep 18 2006, 09:14 PM
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This is My Life  Group: Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 24-August 06 From: t-dot Member No.: 16  |
Read this important warning
Adobe Security Advisory Secunia advisory If you enable Flash in your browsers make sure you upgrade to v9 |
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| pandy |
Sep 20 2006, 12:22 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
No, I've never understood why it can't be easily disabled either. I have a gadget for IE though.
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| Brian Chandler |
Sep 20 2006, 03:24 AM
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Jocular coder Group: Members Posts: 2,460 Joined: 31-August 06 Member No.: 43 |
QUOTE(pandy @ Sep 20 2006, 02:22 PM)  No, I've never understood why it can't be easily disabled either. I have a gadget for IE though. Never mind about _easily_: I'm using Firefox under Linux, and I can't remember if I explicitly installed a Flash player, but when I right-click on an irritating animation, I get a menu, the bottom item of which reads "About Macromedia Flash Player 7..." - and clicking this menu item has no disernible effect. Does anyone know if/how I can check for the Flash player in the Firefox menus. Can't find it. (ISTR that in the old days with IE once Flash was in installed the only way to get rid of it was _extremely_ tedious. Hard to believe this stuff isn't deliberate.)     |
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| jimlongo |
Sep 20 2006, 09:05 AM
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This is My Life Group: Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 24-August 06 From: t-dot Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE(Brian Chandler @ Sep 20 2006, 04:24 AM) (ISTR that in the old days with IE once Flash was in installed the only way to get rid of it was _extremely_ tedious. Hard to believe this stuff isn't deliberate.) You just need to find the Flash Player.plugin and remove it . . . and while that may have been excruciating in the old days of Windows you should be able to grep that file and move it in Linux pretty easily |
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| Brian Chandler |
Sep 20 2006, 10:35 PM
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Jocular coder Group: Members Posts: 2,460 Joined: 31-August 06 Member No.: 43 |
QUOTE(jimlongo @ Sep 20 2006, 11:05 PM) QUOTE(Brian Chandler @ Sep 20 2006, 04:24 AM) (ISTR that in the old days with IE once Flash was in installed the only way to get rid of it was _extremely_ tedious. Hard to believe this stuff isn't deliberate.) You just need to find the Flash Player.plugin and remove it . . . and while that may have been excruciating in the old days of Windows you should be able to grep that file and move it in Linux pretty easily Oh right - thanks. Next time, when I've forgotten the incantation "about:plugins", how would I find it again? (Seems odd that there is no "Remove plugin" button - if I move the file, obviously it won't work, but how do I know if this messes up Fx?) The more basic problem is that I want (and I can't be alone) to be able to stop Flashing (what a name!) when it's irritating - I might want to watch something else. Ice pose I should use a different browser for Flash viewing. |
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jimlongo Flash vulnerability Sep 18 2006, 09:14 PM
pandy Talking about which, how do you check what version... Sep 18 2006, 09:27 PM
Christian J
Talking about which, how do you check what versio... Sep 19 2006, 03:47 AM pandy That's handy even if "In some cases the v... Sep 19 2006, 12:40 PM jimlongo The test seems very reliable on a Mac . . . you co... Sep 19 2006, 01:58 PM Christian J Hm, in Windows can't you just right-click on a... Sep 19 2006, 03:29 PM pandy Yes, you can. It takes to to a detection script at... Sep 19 2006, 04:07 PM Christian J
Yes, you can. It takes to to a detection script a... Sep 19 2006, 05:04 PM pandy
Yes, you can. It takes to to a detection script ... Sep 20 2006, 12:25 AM jimlongo
There must be a good comeback line for that . . ... Sep 19 2006, 05:10 PM pandy :P It's just my envy talking. I want a Mac. T... Sep 19 2006, 05:38 PM jimlongo Yes BootCamp works very well AFAIK, the downside w... Sep 19 2006, 08:22 PM pandy Isn't emulation slow though? :o
That Bootcam... Sep 19 2006, 09:31 PM jimlongo
Isn't emulation slow though?
Some reports cl... Sep 19 2006, 10:11 PM pandy Oh, they are all Intel now? I thought that was a s... Sep 19 2006, 10:35 PM Brian Chandler :( :) :) :D
Yeah, well, about enabling Flash.... Sep 19 2006, 11:47 PM jimlongo no problem
Too bad they don't have an Apple S... Sep 19 2006, 10:53 PM pandy Yeah, but I don't want to read all that stuff.... Sep 19 2006, 11:13 PM jimlongo
You want me to tell you what to do? <_< ... Sep 20 2006, 11:48 AM pandy I want it all, baby! :lol:
I was primarily t... Sep 20 2006, 03:29 PM jimlongo
Does anyone know if/how I can check for the Flash... Sep 20 2006, 08:48 AM jimlongo
Sometimes I use Omniweb, it allows blocking of a... Sep 20 2006, 11:05 PM jimlongo
Never mind about _easily_: I'm using Firefox ... Sep 20 2006, 09:06 AM Christian J I've thought of getting a Mac with bootcamp, b... Sep 20 2006, 04:28 PM pandy I'm keeping my PC. I only have one computer an... Sep 20 2006, 05:05 PM pandy I came up with a new sig. "I clean up your HT... Sep 20 2006, 05:08 PM Darin McGrew I just leave plugins disabled in Opera (along with... Sep 20 2006, 11:36 PM pandy Can anyone I explain why I get a login prompt for ... Sep 20 2006, 11:54 PM pandy Great! I got it when I submitted the post abov... Sep 20 2006, 11:55 PM pandy Ha ha! It's his avatar! I thought I ha... Sep 21 2006, 12:03 AM Brian Chandler
Can anyone I explain why I get a login prompt for... Sep 21 2006, 04:04 AM jimlongo
Can anyone I explain why I get a login prompt for... Sep 21 2006, 10:21 AM Christian J
Can anyone I explain why I get a login prompt for... Sep 23 2006, 12:17 PM pandy I guess he put his avatar in the wrong directory. ... Sep 23 2006, 04:53 PM Brian Chandler
I guess he put his avatar in the wrong directory.... Sep 24 2006, 08:45 AM Peter1968 Firefox Flashblock plug-in
https://addons.mozilla... Sep 23 2006, 08:33 PM Brian Chandler
Firefox Flashblock plug-in
https://addons.mozill... Sep 24 2006, 09:00 AM Peter1968 You're welcome!
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