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Offline sam

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Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
« on: December 10, 2009, 01:30 »
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Almost all the video on the Web is in Flash, and we just take it for granted. That's a mistake. Like any other popular application, it can be an easy way for a cracker to hack into your computer.

"Take Adobe Flash's latest round of patches. Adobe doesn't say a lot about exactly what it's fixing in its security advisory, but out of the seven security bugs they're fixing, six of the repairs are on problems that "could potentially lead to code execution.

http://www.itworld.com/security/88683/linux-windows-or-mac-you-need-patch-adobe-flash
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Re: Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 09:23 »
It's worrying that they are still plugging holes after so long, Sam.
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Re: Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 10:50 »
Indeed, and they are usually huge downloads too.
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