Thanks El Loro.....

Done it El Loro, thank you 

 Blimey El Loro! 

I've just done the download... I think... but how long has this vulnerability been around? If we have been hacked, would we know by now?

Cheers El Loro..

I try to keep mine up to date....  but I have to say that it had been crashing a lot recently when playing FB games...

Have updated it now!

Cheers me dear xx

I can't find mine to update ??  not very techy and remain baffled about most things on here, I updated the reader earlier, worried as it says to uninstall the older version first

jesse
I would just click on the linck in El Loro's opening post (to the flash player installation page)
and go from there.
If you need it it will do it. If you already have it there'e no harm done.
Cheers

I would think that if someone had hijacked your computer that one would know as you would find that you no longer could control it. I would guess that Adobe have kept the pronlems as quiet as possible until this upgrade was ready so not to alert the baddies - it's the people who aren't aware of this upgrade who vulnerable, though in due course the various anti-virus programs out there will be able to deal with the hacking bugs.

My concern is that I just happened to come across the Adobe announcement by chance - there must be millions of users out there who are totally unaware of this.

There is no need to worry about uninstalling the older version first (though I thought this was done automatically as part of the updating process) as the only thing the reader does in to allow you to read PDF files - your computer wouldn't be vulnerable during the short time when there was no reader on your computer.

However, the Adobe announcement did say that the reader would need to be updated again when they release that security update later this month. So my advice is to take care when opening PDF files over the next couple of weeks. Files from trusted sources should be fine, but be careful about any PDF files attached to emails received from senders that you don't know.

Thanks for your help I think I am anxious as reading how must uninstall other one first and it all looked so complicated, I did find my version on pc eventually but  plus have been having other issues with microsoft updates and the NET.Framework files, the latest wouldn't download so contacted microsoft and have took the whole lot off but can't get my head around how to download some componenents back, so pc is vulnerable at the moment, been a stressful week  with it and  am ready to call the pc man to come and help me lol, will have another look and see if I van figure it all out

thanks for the info El  Loro

do we really need another sticky tho.. ?  gotta scroll down half a page to get to a thread.. the first page will be all sticky's and no discussions at this rate  

there are auto updates for these things too..

I haved now asked Seattle to remove the Firefox 3.6 sticky as that thread has served its purpose. The other stickies are outside my control. I had asked for a sticky for this Flash Player thread though due to it's importance and urgency. With the BB activity at present, if I hadn't, very few people would have seen it - it had already drifted well down page 2 within 3 hours of me creating this thread.

Although Flash Player can be automatically updated, not everyone would have the automatic update setting set to on and I doubt if many people know how to. For those who want to be able to have greater control over Flash Player, here is a link to Adobe's page on their settings manager which you need to use to check and change settings. It's the Global Notifications Settings panel which is relevant here - my guess is that for most people, the automatic update will be set on, but that it is only checked every 7 days.

Already done it Adobe put up a download message  the other day.By the way I was calling It "Abode" up 'till last week.

I hear ya El Loro  but considering the number of  Security issues endemic with most interweb type software out there and  the constant updates being issued by all sorts of software packages as they discover new holes all the time,   the first two pages could be full of Sticky's warning about new discoveries on a regular basis

I am not dissing the Notification but more the Stickying of them all .. 

maybe I am not expressing it well but hope you get tis not personal just the place is looking a mess with so many sticky's and a thread that is important can be bumped for a good while so all people see it ...

anyway hope that makes sense

Mount Olympus, I knew that your post wasn't meant to be personal and I never took offence - you made a valid point and if every time some security breach occurred and I or someone posted a sticky, this forum would get swamped with stickys.

You make a valid point in that bumping a thread would tend to keep it in view, but because of all the BB activity at present, I would need to be bumping every hour . Also the only way in which a topic can be shown in every forum here, without duplcating the thread in each forum, is to get a shortcut sticky.

There is a safeguard against that as we can't create a sticky ourselves - we have to ask Seattle to do this for us, and I think they would only give a sticky where they accepted that there was a valid reason.

yes I agree keeping something bumped is petty hard when tis fast moving. .I know from trying to  keep the newer LUT bumped the other day before it was stickied. . was exhausted doing it

Glad you got where I was coming from tho

Thanks El Loro. I've upgraded and passed the info on to others

Help El Loro.  I did the Update last night and everything is slow since I did it.  It took ages to load this and it's the same with the games on FB.

Reference: Tayto
This is not something I have come across. However I did a quick Google search and found this link to a site with an article headed Flash Player slows down computer.

In turn it provides a link to download PC Health Advisor. Please note that although I have heard of this before I have no actual knowledge of it so cannot tell you how to use it.

This is a direct link to the PC Health Advisor site where you will be able to find more information about it.

I do not know how long the advisor will take to look through your computer and do the necessary adjustments, but I would allow plenty of time and don't have other programs running at the same time, including your browser, because that would probably scupper the process.

Good luck.

Thanks for the post El Loro, but I have a question can you help me please.

I have Windows XP, but use Chrome as my browser. Is it best to upgrade anyway?

Sorry if this sounds really stupid, but I'm not that techy at all.

Thanks El Loro.  I'll have a look but like PB I'm not very techy either.  I was thinking of uninstalling it and putting the previous one back up but I'm not sure.
I also tried Restore to before I did the update but it's not showing up.

PB I'm using Chrome as well but with Windows 7.

It's not a stupid question at all.

Chrome is a bit different to other browsers - I have found this link to detailed instructions as to how to install Flash Player on Chrome browsers.Print it out and hopefully you'll be updated.

 
I have seen reference via a Google search that for Chrome users, Flash Player can run slowly if the Player storage settings are set at the default 100 KB. I have seen a suggestion that this should be increased to Unlimited.

This is a direct link to the Storage settings panel via the Player website. So try increasing the setting by moving the pointer to the right of the bar. Of course, not having Chrome I can't try this out myself. So it may be that this will sort out the problem without the need to use the PC Health Advisor.

Thank you El Loro, very much appreciated. Will print details off and update.

Thank you as well for not making me feel stupid for asking.

My pc was also running very slow after the update and all the other microsfot updates I had been having a problem with so I went to Disk clean up and then when prompted I removed "downloaded programme files" (forgot to do system restore but I would advise that) anyway there were quite a few and pc has been running faster ever since (though BB in the background slows everything down) they are files like activex etc which download anyway everytime you need them hope you can understand ok I'm not techy at all and am always baffled

I've just turned on my PC, and once at the desktop had a notice from Adobe that there was another upgrade for Flash Player. I was a bit surprised but downloaded and installed it anyway. Then I looked to see which version I had downloaded and it's exactly the same version 10.1.53.64 as the one above, so that was a waste of time!

If you want to check which version of Flash Player you have, this is one way.

Look via Windows Explorer (the one where you can see the files on your hard drive, nit the Internet Explorer one) (I am only dealing with Windows here) for a folder something like C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash. The first part of this is likely to depend on which drive Flash is stored and which version of Windows is used. I am using XP. The part in bold should be the same for everyone.
Open the folder and look for the two files with icons in the shape of red boxes.
Right click on either icon - it doesn't matter - and click on Properties. Click on the Verison tab. At the top you will see the version number - the current version being 10.1.53.64. Click OK and close the Explorer window.

There may be other ways of course (Edited - see YellowRose's method below for a simpler way)

Before updating to the current version I checked what version I had by going to Control Panel, then Add or Remove Programmes. When I saw Adobe in the list I clicked on "Click here for support information" that showed me the earlier version I had. Since updating - thanks to you El Loro  I've not had any problems

Thank you Yellow Rose, your method of checking which version is installed is much simpler than mine - I'll try to remember that in future.

Thanks El Loro

And thanks to Yellow Rose for that tip of how to find the version you have! Couldn't find it under El Loro's directions, but did under yours!  Mine was up to date, I recall accepting an update earlier this week.

Thanks El Loro I've updated mine, appreciate the info. xx

I'm glad my tip was of help  I've been helped with different tech things so it's nice to give back

Nothing to do with Flash Player or Adobe Reader, but Firefox has just released v 3.6 which they reckon is about 16% faster than the previous version 3.5.

Mine updated to 3.6.4 the other day.

And my Firefox has just updated to 3.6.6

Mine just updated to 3.6.6 now too.

I don't know if others found this but after I had done the Flash Player update, if I was using Firefox v 3.6.4 and if I had two Flash Players clips running at the same time that the Flash Player could not cope and stopped running. Then when Firefox v.3.6.6 update came through, that Flash Player problem was solved.

I've now looked at the Mozilla website re the update on the Firefox v.3.6.6 and it was done as others were experiencing timeout problems with plugins including Flash Player. Therefore anyone who is using Firefox 3.6.4 and is experiencing odd problems with plugins such as Flash Players just not working should find that their problem is resolved once Firefox is updated to v.3.6.6 (which should be automatic for most of us).

Mozilla do say though that they have done a quick fix update and that it will be necessary for them to issue a further update once they have a more stable solution.

Adobe has today released the Player upgrade for Windows as I previosuly posted they would. The new version is v.6.3.3. You either wait until your Player is automatically updated or you can do it manually which is what I've done.

To update it manually may involve two updates.
If you currently have v 6.3 or v 6.3.1 you will first need to update it to v 6.3.2. This is a link to the update page for v 6.3.2.

If you already have v 6.3.2 or once you have done the first update, you can then update it to v 6.3.3. This is a link to the update page for v 6.3.3

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NEW ALERT

Microsift has given a warning to all users with Windows XP (not other versions) that they have identified a bug in the XP help and support system which is used when help centres need to gain access to your pc when you ring them with a problem. I assume they are referring to the Remote Desktop Connection program which can be accessed from the Accessories menu. The security risk also applies to Windows Server 2003.

They have discovered that so far hackers have been able to hijack around 10,000 computers using this. So far the hackers have targeted computers in Portugal, Russia and Croatia. Microsoft say that this weakness has resulted in a variety of trojans, viruses and spam tools to be placed on these computers.

Miscrosoft are working on a fix for this which presumably be automatically downloaded onto your computer as part of their standard updates. In the meantime they have released a temporary fix which will switch off the part of the help and support system which is causing the problem.

This is a link to their page with the fix.

You will see a box headed "Enable this fix" which is the one you need to select.

In due course, once the problem is resolved, you can switch the fix off by selecting the second box "Disable this fix".

Microsoft also advise users to make sure that their firewalls and antivirus software is up to date.