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• New Adobe Flash Player updates

  Posted on November 8, 2016 at 14:46 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  From EP:

  New Adobe Flash Player security updates have been posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB16-37:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html

  Adobe is only offering new Flash Player v23 security updates and no longer offers any more Flash Player v18 “extended support release” updates.

  Windows Patches/Security Flash

• Emergency Flash Player update

  Posted on October 27, 2016 at 05:16 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  In the “beating a dead horse” department, ER writes with this note:

  Adobe has once again released a new set of Flash Player security updates, this time on Wed. October 26, 2016 in security bulletin APSB16-36:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-36.html

  Adobe security bulletin APSB16-36 also links to a future MS security bulletin that doesn’t exist yet for those using Windows 8.1 & Windows 10, maybe Thursday 10/27/2016 Microsoft may post it up, but so far the Adobe Flash Player v23.0.0.205 ActiveX security updates are not yet available for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (all editions).

  And I also found out that the Win10 Flash Player security updates [like KB3194343] only apply to specific builds of Win10.  So I had to download several different versions – one will specifically work for the “1607” version, the other for “1511” and another for the RTM “1507” version; one Flash Player patch for Win10 will NOT work for multiple builds of Win10, meaning a Win10 v1607 flash player patch will only work on the v1607 release and not the v1511 & v1507 releases.

  Check out this MS Update Catalog search for KB3194343:

  http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=3194343%20for%2010

  That’s one of the main pains with using the Update Catalog – Windows Update handles all the version searching for you.

  Windows Patches/Security Flash

• New Flash and Adobe Reader patches, plus a speed-up for Vista scans

  Posted on October 13, 2016 at 12:30 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Just in from EP:

  Hi Woody.

  New Adobe Flash Player security updates posted in security bulletin APSB16-32
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html

  and new Adobe Acrobat & Reader security updates posted in security bulletin APSB16-33
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html

  And the only way to speed up WU scans on Windows Vista SP2 is to install the KB3191203 security update, which contains the newest win32k.sys files, a short-term solution that will work from October 11 to November 7.  KB3191203 has been mentioned here: http://wu.krelay.de/en/

   

  Other Flash, Reader, Vista speed-up

• October 2015 Adobe Flash Player & Adobe Reader security updates

  Posted on October 14, 2015 at 17:19 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from EP:

  New Adobe Flash Player security updates for October posted on Adobe security bulletin APSB15-25:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-25.html

  New Adobe Acrobat & Acrobat Reader security updates for October posted on Adobe security bulletin APSB15-24:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb15-24.html

  Other Flash, Reader

• Randy the Tech Professor: Updates for Flash, Shockwave, iTunes, Chrome and Firefox

  Posted on September 29, 2015 at 06:47 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Randy the Tech Professor has just posted his update list for September.

  If you use Flash, Shockwave, iTunes, Google Chrome or Firefox, it’s worth a quick check to make sure you’re up to date.

  Other Chrome, Firefox, Flash, iTunes, Shockwave

• Adobe updates

  Posted on July 20, 2015 at 21:03 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’m running far behind on some things.

  EP sent this in last week…

  Adobe has released new security updates for Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Acrobat Reader this July 2015.

  Adobe Acrobat & Acrobat Reader patches posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-15:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html

  Adobe Shockwave Player update posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-17:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb15-17.html

  Adobe Flash Player patches posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-18:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
  (this one is the second batch of Flash Player updates this July as they supersede
   the ones found in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-16)
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html

  And I’m not upgrading to Windows 10 anytime this year as I’m uncertain of how
  automatic updates will be delivered to Windows 10 users.  I still like to download and install Windows Updates manually and to “pick & choose” which updates to install and which ones to skip.

  Other Acrobat Reader, Flash, Shockwave

• Third party updates

  Posted on May 12, 2015 at 20:40 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This in from EP:

  New Adobe Flash Player 13 ESR & 17 security updates in May posted here:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.html

  and new Adobe Acrobat & Reader security updates in May posted here:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-10.html

  Also a new IE security update KB3049563 [MS15-043] came out:
  https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-043

  I’ll hold off with the Windows/IE May 2015 security updates until after Memorial Day.
  But the Adobe Flash and Reader security updates in May 2015 I’ll install as soon as possible.

  Windows Patches/Security Flash, Reader

• Windows third party program patches

  Posted on December 29, 2014 at 15:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  What a crop.

  Randy the Tech Professor writes with this list:

  The last set of third party program updates for 2014 are numerous: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash Player, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Suite.

  Full details on Randy’s site.

   

  Other Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Chrome, Firefox, Flash, Safari

• Another round of Flash patches

  Posted on November 27, 2014 at 03:08 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from ER…

  Adobe has posted a new set of Flash Player security updates mentioned in security bulletin APSB14-26:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html

  This feels like a re-release of the November 2014 Flash Player security updates first mentioned in security bulletin APSB14-24:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html

  The ones from APSB14-26 provide additional protection from the security flaws first patched in the October 2014 security updates mentioned in bulletin APSB14-22:

  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html

   A recent Majorgeeks.com article titled “Adobe patches Flash again”

  http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/adobe_patches_flash_again.html

  Whotta mess. Makes these Chromebooks I’m reviewing look better and better.

  Thanks, ER!

  Windows Patches/Security Flash

• New Flash and Shockwave player patches

  Posted on March 14, 2014 at 07:48 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  EP advises:

  New round of Adobe Flash Player security updates for March 2014 found here:
  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-08.html

  And for the latest Adobe Shockwave Player security update, get it here:
  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb14-10.html

  Other Flash, patch, Shockwave

• Another Adobe Flash Player Feb. 2014 Security Update / Improving MSE performance

  Posted on February 22, 2014 at 07:14 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  EP just sent this in:

  Adobe has released another Flash Player security update on Feb. 20, 2014 here:
  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html

  and I saw this article on Tweaking.com 10 days ago on fixing the high CPU usage 
  and improving performance with Microsoft Security Essentials here:
  http://www.tweaking.com/articles/pages/fix_high_cpu_usage_of_microsoft_security_essentials,1.html
  I had been disabling real-time protection in MSE on some old XP/Vista computers
  because of the high processor usage but using the tips on that Tweaking.com article
  made MSE use less CPU resources and scans are much faster and now enabling
  real-time protection won’t slow down those old XP/Vista machines that much.

  Windows News Flash, MSE

• Adobe Flash Player/Shockwave Player updates

  Posted on December 20, 2013 at 11:04 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from EP:

  The last round of 2013 security updates for Adobe Flash Player & Adobe
  Shockwave Player are available at the following Adobe security bulletins:

  Adobe Security Bulletin APSB13-28 for Flash Player-
  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html
  Adobe Security Bulletin APSB13-29 for Shockwave Player-
  http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb13-29.html

  And for those using Windows 8 or 8.1, see Microsoft Security Advisory
  2755801 for the latest Flash Player updates for Windows 8 or 8.1 systems:
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2755801
  Also mentioned in Microsoft KB article 2907997:
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2907997

  Thanks, EP!

  Windows Patches/Security Flash, Shockwave
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