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Arnold72

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adobe flash player update question.
« on: June 14, 2012, 11:36:19 PM »
hi
I recently performed a scan with secunia software inspector and it recommended an update for adobe flash player (IE)64bit.
Now i currently do not use IE and never will but seeing as it on my system i decided to download this update.
First of all when i went to run the downloaded file it came up as an unidentified publisher.i as a rule will not install any software that is unidentified.
Any flash update ive done before always came from adobe systems.
I decided not to install it.
Is this usual practice for adobe updates to come  down as unidentified via PSI?
Kind regards.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2012, 11:42:48 PM »
I wouldn't know how to answer your questions but I do my downloads for flash from here:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

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Arnold72

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2012, 11:45:36 PM »
hi,
i dont know myself how to manually check for updates to adobe.
The only two ways i know of is through secunia or my firefox browser.
Do you know how to manually myself check for updates.?
Thank you for response.
Regards.

iroc9555

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2012, 11:54:43 PM »
Well the Flash has an automatic update already so no reason to look for them through Secunia or even FF. Myself I like to read the forums and always someone comes up with " Flash has a new version " so I uninstall the old one with Flash uninstall tool and download the new one using the link I gave you. Yes I know. A little old fashion and bothersome, but the only way I know what I got in my comp.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 11:56:57 PM »
The flash player settings manager is now located in control panel. Update options are located in the advanced tab.


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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2012, 12:00:56 AM »
The flash player settings manager is now located in control panel. Update options are located in the advanced tab.

Thanks Charyb I forgot to mention it since I disabled that option.

Arnold72

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2012, 12:43:57 AM »
hi
Thank you very much for this information both of you i appreciate that.
Although the secunia download does still puzzle me.unidentified publisher etc.
Many thanks.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2012, 01:23:04 AM »
Now i currently do not use IE and never will but seeing as it on my system i decided to download this update.
You  have to use IE as it is part of Windows!

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Arnold72

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2012, 03:26:20 PM »
Now i currently do not use IE and never will but seeing as it on my system i decided to download this update.
You  have to use IE as it is part of Windows!

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Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the monitor such as the taskbar and desktop. Controlling the computer is possible without Windows Explorer running (for example, the File | Run command in Task Manager on NT-derived versions of Windows will function without it, as will commands typed in a command prompt window). Located in the C:\Windows directory, it is sometimes referred to as the Windows shell, explorer.exe, or simply “Explorer”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Explorer

hi
well i dont have to use internet explorer,
I went into the windows features and unticked internet explorer.im not sure if that was a healthy decision but i dont use it so i unticked it.
Also online armor has it set to block at start up.i dont see the logic in it starting when i start windows up unless it affects the running of windows of course.
Regards.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2012, 03:33:13 PM »
The flash update has nothing to do with explorer.
You need it if you're using Internet Explorer.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2012, 04:10:58 PM »
You need the flash player update for all browsers not just IE; so if you are using a different browser you will also need the update for that browser. As in the alternates link that iroc9555 provided in Reply #1.
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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2012, 04:25:22 PM »
You need the flash player update for all browsers not just IE; so if you are using a different browser you will also need the update for that browser. As in the alternates link that iroc9555 provided in Reply #1.
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Just pointing out that IE and explorer are two different programs.
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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2012, 05:07:34 PM »
Actually Adobe Flash is in two editions, one for IE and one for everything else. If you don't use IE, then it's better not to have any IE Adobe Flash installed at all.
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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2012, 06:32:52 PM »
If you don't use IE, then it's better not to have any IE Adobe Flash installed at all.

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Re: adobe flash player update question.
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2012, 11:32:28 PM »
Just so you know, a lot of people had issues with the last 11.3 version of Flash
and garbled audio. I have since reverted to the last 11.2 version which does work ok.
Problem existed in all browsers IE8 .. Firefox 13 and Opera 12 .. I think it has to do
with the new "sandbox" feature of Flash, which I don't really think is needed.
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