JUST SAY NO TO FLASH!
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Posted on 06/18/2016 10:08:56 AM PDT by Utilizer
Adobe has released an update for Flash that addresses three dozen CVE-listed vulnerabilities.
The update includes a fix for the CVE-2016-4171 remote code execution vulnerability that is right now being exploited in the wild to install malware on victims' computers.
Adobe is recommending that users running Flash for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS update the plugin as quickly as possible, giving the update the "Priority 1" ranking, a designation reserved for flaws that are, according to Adobe, "being targeted, or which have a higher risk of being targeted."
Adobe credited security researchers at Cisco Talos, Google Project Zero, FireEye, Microsoft Vulnerability Research, Tencent PC Manager, Kaspersky, Pangu Lab, and Qihoo 360 Codesafe Team with reporting the 36 flaws.
For Windows, macOS and ChromeOS (as well as the Chrome browser), the updated version will be 22.0.0.192. The latest version of Flash Player for Linux is 11.2.202.626 and Flash Player Extended Support will get version 18.0.0.360.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
I have disabled flash, and while I am at it, I blocked ads. Am running this on all my Macs and Linux machines. I don’t run Msoft any more (too much trouble).
What’s funny is I still get the pshising calls “your computer is infected, goto this website “ I reply ‘i don’t have a windows computer”.....click....
More reasons to love my Chromebook and to unplug my Win 10 Toshiba laptop from the internet and to use the Win 10 Toshiba only for my own spreadsheets.
I used to get that all the time. :) Been running Linux since somewhere around 1990 and they brought a smile every time I saw one.
Ever since I started using AdBlock Pro and Ghostery, those little annoyances disappeared. No problems with Flash yet, but best to err on the side of caution.
“Hello, dis is Andy from MS Tech Center (in Bombay/Calcutta) calling...”
I like to string those lowlifes along for 5-10mins, and what they do now is get a “Mac specialist”, after I tell them I no longer use Win-7, and s/he gives me a similar routine to direct me to their website to download the remote controller, so they can take over my computer. Lots of hilarious YT vids to watch for that.
Flash made my Waterfox freeze all the time, so I uninstalled it, anticipating that I’d forego watching online videos. To the contrary, most videos play just fine—I rarely forego one.
Some sites like Netflix still play Flash.
YouTube content is now HTML-5.
There is no good reason to run Flash with its being a resource hog and laden with unfixed vulnerabilities.
Unfortunately, some sites such as ‘soap-opera sirens’ and ‘truckstop tarts’ (not their real names) still require flash to play many of the vids there. :(
*sigh* Some of those are quite interesting. Until they manage to convert, I fear I must at times use Flash to continue to peruse their content. *grin*
Most news videos won’t run without Flash. Far as I know. Anyone have a suggestion?
“Soap-opera sirens” and “truckstop tarts” used to be of interest to me but no longer are, so I can do without Flash quite nicely.
Well, there are programmers who are into ultra-low defect programming, rewriting the Flash VM in Ada and SPARK would allow for proving the absence absence of entire classes of errors. (It's already been done w/ DNS, and the really interesting thing is that besides eliminating classes of vulnerabilities/errors, it's actually faster than BIND and [IIRC[ Windows DNS.)
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I hate badly designed websites. If I can't see the content I want to see within 30 seconds, I'm out of there and not going back. Especially if they won't use HTML5 but use the older flash crap or have a zillion ads in my face or a bunch of auto-running video ads. Build it badly, and they won't come!
I writing this from a Win-10 dev box that I built without flash.
So far the only site that wouldn’t let me view videos has been Twitter (I get an error that says “your browser doesn’t support embedded videos”).
When i go to a site that has videos I get a pop-up asking to install flash. I dismiss it and within three seconds the video loads and away I go.
I have noticed that a lot of sites embed other flash elements into their pages and that displays as code. It’s messy but manageable and just reflects poorly on the web programmer.
Yes, there is life without Flash!
My sympathies. You know, there are medical solutions these days for difficulties that can occur as one ages.
Just a thought. :)
Apologies, mate. I completely forgot about the Flash ping list, otherwise I would have notified you. Glad you found the thread.
Cheers.
Thank you all, I will try the easiest thing first :) and get rid of Flash. If stuff works without it, fine with me!
Not really the "Flash ping list" but just the Apple Ping list. . . which I ping to these because many are still stuck in the rut of using Flash. I also notified Dayglored for the Microsoft ping list, ThunderSleeps for the Android list, and Shadow Ace for the tech list because there are a lot of Linux users on his list. Have we forgotten anyone else that needs to know about this cesspool of vulnerabilities?
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