Good news: (at least, by testing on my XP/SP3 laptop) it seems a change implemented in today's flash update is to invoke the new scheduled task and service only when the user selects the automatic update option... they are NO LONGER activated if the user selects NEVER update (nor even when he/she selects NOTIFY me).
I guess adobe has learned that "never" means NEVER!
Good news: (at least, by testing on my XP/SP3 laptop) it seems a change implemented in today's flash update is to invoke the new scheduled task and service only when the user selects the automatic update option... they are NO LONGER activated if the user selects NEVER update (nor even when he/she selects NOTIFY me).
David.
I can confirmed the above behaviour. No Schedule Task Service in my XP Pro Spk 3 either after I chose never to Update. :emotion-2:
These updates address an object confusion vulnerability (CVE-2012-0779) that could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious file delivered in an email message. The exploit targets Flash Player on Internet Explorer for Windows only.
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Good news: (at least, by testing on my XP/SP3 laptop) it seems a change implemented in today's flash update is to invoke the new scheduled task and service only when the user selects the automatic update option... they are NO LONGER activated if the user selects NEVER update (nor even when he/she selects NOTIFY me).
I guess adobe has learned that "never" means NEVER!
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David.
I can confirmed the above behaviour. No Schedule Task Service in my XP Pro Spk 3 either after I chose never to Update. :emotion-2:
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May 5th, 2012 04:00
Additional information on this update, from http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-09.html
These updates address an object confusion vulnerability (CVE-2012-0779) that could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
There are reports that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious file delivered in an email message. The exploit targets Flash Player on Internet Explorer for Windows only.