Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Ghastly on June 08, 2010, 02:36:09 PM
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More details here, but the executive summary is that a flaw in Acrobat Reader 9 and the current version of Flash puts (nearly) every Windows computer on the internet at risk be being taken over by the bad guys.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-warns-of-flash-pdf-zero-day-attacks/6606?tag=nl.e539
http://securitythreat.info/h-online-security/adobe-to-fix-critical-vulnerability-in-flash-this-thursday/
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Correction, only those computers loaded with those particular programs are in trouble.
That is 5 or 6 in a row for Flash/Reader now. Seems the bad guys are really targeting those utilities.
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Ouch! Time to shift some files.
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Correction, only those computers loaded with those particular programs are in trouble.
That is 5 or 6 in a row for Flash/Reader now. Seems the bad guys are really targeting those utilities.
Yes but.... ahem. :headscratch:
Skuzzy, you are - quite literally - the only one I've ever heard of who is fanatical enough to have managed to refuse to run Java, Flash and Adobe products on your Windows systems. I think a person would have better odds of finding a virgin in a house of ill-repute than a machine that's not at risk.
And yes, it's been a bunch in a row for Adobe - which perversely, is good news. Microsoft has closed most of the worst of the holes in the OS, so they are targeting the most prolific of the third party software.
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Edit -> P.S. note that for this particular issue, you can remove/rename/restrict access to the authplay.dll to close the hole, per Adobe.
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Microsoft has closed most of the worst of the holes in the OS
I laughed so hard at this that I may need new underwear. after that I'll probably cry because I have some PCs to administer.
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Yes but.... ahem. :headscratch:
Skuzzy, you are - quite literally - the only one I've ever heard of who is fanatical enough to have managed to refuse to run Java, Flash and Adobe products on your Windows systems. I think a person would have better odds of finding a virgin in a house of ill-repute than a machine that's not at risk. <snip>
ROFL!! Well,....you might have a point. :)
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I laughed so hard at this that I may need new underwear. after that I'll probably cry because I have some PCs to administer.
I'm not sitting next to you in 71 Sqn meetings anymore...... :confused:
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Guess again ghastly!
Although I will let my wifes machine run java at times. Mostly I keep it off of my system.
If I do let it on, it gets crippled in Firefox.
Foxit reader for PDF's works much better, faster than adobe with better controls, options.
Flash, well thats just "flash" who needs it?