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Everyone read this! Flash player exploit: Upgrade to avoid viruses!
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:07 pm
by Mithrandir
OK - EVERYONE needs to know about this. Be sure you upgrade to the latest version of flash (that's the program that plays .swf files: like Homestarrrunner or many online games). I can almost guarentee that you use flash, even if you don't think you do. It will automatically load when you go to a website that uses flash, and many computers run flash directly in emails. This is not an attachment you have to download and run, so be sure you upgrade. This one is pretty bad. It affects Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Here's the link to macromedia's website:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/apsb06-03.htmlOr, if you are in a hurry, here's the link to the download page:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:10 pm
by Silent Hunter
thanks
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:11 pm
by Locke
Hey thanks Mith, I wouldent have known otherwise.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:47 pm
by Mithrandir
CERT put out the warning earlier today and I know of at least one proof of concept exploit. Upgrading as soon as bugs show up, though, helps keep you from getting comprimised.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:51 pm
by Slater
uhm... is it a silent installer, or did it just not work right on my system?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:30 pm
by Locke
I actually had to click the Install button to get things going, but once it's downloaded it automaticly updates and you can trash the .exe file.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:25 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
1. I'm not getting the installation to work either. Or is it supposed to have that installation bar for half-a-second?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:30 pm
by Stephen
I think somthing about Winme or Firefox that site aint liking.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:42 pm
by Slater
well, that would be ironic, since it claims on the page to be for firefox...
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:07 pm
by Lynx
thanks for the warning... does anyone know what the latest version number of flash is?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:21 pm
by Mithrandir
The latest version should be 8. If you cannot download version 8, you should be able to get 7 here:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=d9c2fe33
PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:47 pm
by Warrior4Christ
Or, more specifically, version 8.0.24.0.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:00 am
by Mithrandir
Yeah... Sorry for the lack of explination.
As for "what to expect," a successful installation should finish with launching a web browser and ariving at a web page telling you the installation was a success.
PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:06 am
by Sammy Boy
Thanks for the warning Mith.
PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:14 am
by Arnobius
Mithrandir wrote:Yeah... Sorry for the lack of explination.
As for "what to expect," a successful installation should finish with launching a web browser and ariving at a web page telling you the installation was a success.
My computer didn't do that (I think it was Outpost forbidding a redirect), but you can go to this page
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/ and it will tell you the version you have (In my case it did install 8.0.24.0)