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Updates 5/4/12 - Flash
Flash Player has been updated again, to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
Note: Now that Flash has implemented automatic/"background" updates, presumably some of you will have automatically received this update by the time you see this post. If anyone has, please reply here to let us know. [Or perhaps someone set to auto-update will intentionally wait a while longer, to see how soon this update is "pushed out"???] I have NOT turned-on the auto-updates, and so am relying on manual updates via the following
Direct download Links for WINDOWS:
32-bit UNinstaller: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player_32bit.exe
64-bit UNinstaller: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player_64bit.exe
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32-bit ActiveX for Internet Explorer: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_active_x_32bit.exe
64-bit ActiveX for Internet Explorer: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_active_x_64bit.exe
32-bit plug-in version for Firefox, Opera, Safari: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin_32bit.exe
64-bit plug-in version for Firefox, Opera, Safari: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin_64bit.exe
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Reminders about Flash Player 11.2.x:
1) The new Flash players now explicitly include their "bit type" & version number in the filename; the 32-bit Flash for IE is now named Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx (rather than Flash11H.ocx ), and the 32-bit Flash for other browsers is named NPSWF32_11_2_202_235.dll
2) The new Flash players now include the ability to "automatically" update themselves.
Flash Player background updates (Windows) — New versions of the runtimes can now be delivered more effectively to the end user with this enhanced updating mechanism.
This is being implemented via a startup service FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe and a scheduled task Adobe Flash Player Updater
Upon installation, you can choose whether to 1) accept automatic updates, or 2) receive notification when updates are available, or 3) not to check for updates at all. You can later modify your decision via Control Panel / Flash Player / Advanced (tab).
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/background-updater-windows.html
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:
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.
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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!