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In its official security bulletin, the software company describes the update as follows: "Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious SWF must be loaded in Flash Player by the user for an attacker to exploit these potential vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update to the most current version of Flash Player available for their platform." The vulnerabilities are extremely critical and affect Windows, Mac and Linux machines. Adobe recommends all users of Adobe Flash Player 9.0.48.0 and earlier versions upgrade to the newest version 9.0.115.0 (Win, Mac, Linux), by downloading it from the Player Download Centre, or by using the auto-update mechanism within the product when prompted. Adobe also announced that it has discontinued support for its Flash Player 7 and recommends all users now upgrade to Flash Player 9. link

Yikes!

Better get yo'self updated!
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Thanks for the heads up GW. I'll be looking for the upgrade.
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Your warning reminded me of Secunia.com. They will scan your system and find upgrades that your computer needs to stay up to date security wise. I had 5 things it pointed out with this as one of them. It gives you the links to go to for the updates.

I dl'd them and then did a backup of the hd so I could roll back in case there were unexpected results when I upgraded. Probably because I had that base covered, the issue did not arise. Ain't that the way it goes?

Thanks for the tip, GW.

Dustwun77 wrote:

Your warning reminded me of Secunia.com. They will scan your system and find upgrades that your computer needs to stay up to date security wise.

That is also one of the nice things about Linux. Linux distributions provide a central repository of all the system files AND application that you install so unlike Windows, when you perform an update in Linux, you get updates for everything on your system, not just the OS related files. You can go outside a distribution's repositories and install packages from 3rd parties but that is rarely necessary, being nearly everything you're gonna need will be already be in those repos.

Another advantage of central repos is that apps are digitally signed and secured so you know what you're getting. Downloading a Windows' app is a crap shoot, as you're likely to get malware included with your download.
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