ritchie58 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 To download the latest Adobe Flash Player build click here to go to the Adobe download site. I encourage everyone who uses their flash player to update to this build as Adobe fixed an exploit vulnerability in it's earlier version. Cheers, ritchie58... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweidre Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 To download the latest Adobe Flash Player build click here to go to the Adobe download site. I encourage everyone who uses their flash player to update to this build as Adobe fixed an exploit vulnerability in it's earlier version. Cheers, ritchie58... Hi Ritchie, Thanks for the link. Previously I had problems to get Flash Player installed, but now it seems I have got a Swedish version installed in IE and in FF. The installation progress bars told me so anyhow. I have not yet tested, if they works! I took the opportunity to install Shockwave as well. Then I have to find out how to get Flash Player & Shockwave into Google Chrome. Cheers, sweidre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie58 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Adobe does not have a very good track record. Their software has been known to be buggy and riddled with security holes. A lot of people rely on their flash player however, so let's hope this build is an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweidre Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Adobe does not have a very good track record. Their software has been known to be buggy and riddled with security holes. A lot of people rely on their flash player however, so let's hope this build is an improvement. I think, that the installation of Flash player worked for IE, but I am not sure, if the installation worked for FF. (And Chrome has not got any Flash at all). Is Adobe the only producer of Flash players, or is there any substitutor of Adobes Flash player on the market? Cheers, sweidre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie58 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I have never looked into that so I'm not sure if there is a substitute out there or Adobe has the market cornered so to speak. It wouldn't surprise if there was and I'm just not aware of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweidre Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I have never looked into that so I'm not sure if there is a substitute out there or Adobe has the market cornered so to speak. It wouldn't surprise if there was and I'm just not aware of it. I am not sure, if Adobe has a patent(s) for Flash player. There is a conflict between admitting patent and free competition. I know, that Adobe Reader is not the only .pdf- file reader & creator. I think, I have two other brands installed for reading pdf- files. Cheers, sweidre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie58 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I use Mozilla's Foxit Reader to unpack and read PDF files. I used Adobe's Reader for years but got tired of having to install patches or new versions every time they found a new security hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweidre Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I use Mozilla's Foxit Reader to unpack and read PDF files. I used Adobe's Reader for years but got tired of having to install patches or new versions every time they found a new security hole. Hi Ritchie, I have the following PDF-readers installed: 1. Adobe Reader (latest Swedish version = always one version behind the English one) 2. PDFCreator 3. Zamzar Conversion PDF - (Not a software, its a good free website for conversion of documents from one format to another) I have the following PDF-readers uninstalled (previously installed) a. NuancePDFReader b. PDF reDirect 2.2.8 c. PrimoPDF I do not remember which one of them was my default PDF-reader a few months ago, when I visited a website of the Swedish tax authorities and wanted to have a PDF- document printed, whet I got a message, that only Adobe Reader is allowed to print this document, and I was given a link to download the latest version. So I have Adobe Reader as my default PDF- reader for the moment! Thanks for your hint to use Mozillas Foxit Reader. OK, I will try that one, but I must have Adobe Reader installed (not default though), if authorities demand using Adobe. Permitted Browsers This problem is to some extent similar to that IE is only allowed: 1. For Windows Update (FF & Chrome have extensions for solving this. Opera?) 2. Some banks are allowing only IE and some very odd seldom used browsers. (Strange, because IE will always have security holes subject to patching by MS on almost every Tuesday updates) Cheers, sweidre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallas7 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 The best front-line protection against Flash threats is to run a Flash blocker in your browser. Unless I missed the news that it's turned over to Mozilla, I'm pretty sure the free Foxit Reader is still of the Foxit Corporation and having nada to do with Mozilla. Due to its quite limited feature set, Sumatra PDF is probably the most currently available app for the secure opening of PDF files. I should mention up front I'm fortunate my personal business needs don't demand IE anymore. I have Sumatra PDF set as the default for Firefox and Thunderbird. If it is a document I need or want, I then save it at which time the file runs the full gauntlet of my system's layered security. Further, if one chooses to run Firefox within Sandboxie, the beauty is that Sumatra will open the PDF in the sandbox, too. Otherwise it's Foxit Reader set as my system app when I need to work with PDFs vetted as safe by my system's security. So far, even at its highest security settings, Foxit has yet to fail my needs using all the PDF stuff used by my banks, insurance and health providers as well as the Federal government. Having said that, I would expect the next PDF from the Internal Revenue Service to go BSOD. Of course, if you're working in an Adobe centric environment (or in Sweidre's situation) you don't have a choice. Not being in that scenario, Flash is the only Adobe product I run as we're all forced to do so. Eliminating Flash from one's WWW enjoyment would be like trying to eliminate petroleum products from transportation. I'm looking forward to when Flash joins the trash heap of history. But then we'll be installing the security upgrades to whatever replaces it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie58 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Dallas7, It's true that Mozilla did not develop the Foxit Reader software themselves. It is however a Firefox & Netscape "plug-in" and that's what I meant to say. Giving you the ability to unpack and read PDF files within the browser itself which works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallas7 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Thanks for the clarification; I didn't even know Foxit made that plugin. It should be noted it is a Foxit Reader add-on and requires that Foxit Reader itself be present. IMHO that adds an additional layer of complexity and therefore an additional vector for exploits. Not that Foxit has been targeted. Yet. Anything is better than Adobe tho. I maintain the use of the minimalist Sumatra PDF as launched from Firefox (and saving the PDF from Sumatra if needed) is far safer. I won't argue that any further. FYI for others: one sets Sumatra PDF for Firefox in Firefox Options under Applications. Find "Adobe Acrobat Document" under Content Type. Click on the Action, select Use Other from the pull-down and browse to and select SumatraPDF.exe. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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