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Adobe's security engineers have pulled out all the stops to release a patch for a shocking vulnerability in Flash much earlier than expected. On Tuesday Trend Micro published details of a bug in all versions of the Flash player for Mac and PCs, and some Linux builds. The flaw is being actively exploited in the wild, Trend said …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Who uses Flash anymore?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      let me guess

      Probably pr0n sites which is why Flash is still going much stronger than it should be at this point.

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    2. illiad
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      most BBC video does... They will ONLY use HTML5 if you ID as Ipad!!

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      1. Roger B
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        http://www.bbc.co.uk/html5

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          What do they know

          has the BBC's response to the the rollout of html5 to the news web site

          https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/website_moving_from_adobe_flash?nocache=incoming-719455#incoming-719455

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          1. illiad
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            Re: What do they know

            WOW.... looks like there is 'bureaucracy', then the BBC! :O

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        2. illiad
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          ROFL ROFL... I recently used my 'not compatible Firefox 28, (id as Iplayer) on this site... worked lovely without flash ... :)

          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20654335

          Of course when I change back to ID as FF, it claims its impossible... LOL

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        3. I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects
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          I wouldn't trust ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/html5

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      2. Anonymous Coward
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        Yes amazing the British Baking Channel cannot move to Flash, even the Daily Fail has managed it!!

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      3. Tim Roberts 1
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        Whaaaat? Geeze Beeb get yourselves into the real world.

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    3. Cryo
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      Anyone who doesn't want the crappy web-video performance they are likely to get with HTML5?

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    4. Anonymous Coward
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      >Who uses Flash anymore?

      96% of desktop computers - somewhere around 20% of Edu/Games content on iOS App Store is cross-compiled from Flash Studio/AIR SDK based IDE too - harder to escape than you think.

      [and judging by Adobe Max just passed, Flash Pro is now the preferred solution for knocking out HTML5 banner ads - as they've given up on several of their new HTML5 apps due lack of interest by developers [not in HTML5 so much as in software made by Adobe!]

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    5. arctic_haze
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      Facepalm

      My wife does. To play Tetris online.

      Which reminds me to find a HTML5 Tetris version...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    http://bgr.com/2015/10/15/adobe-flash-player-security-vulnerability-warning/

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  3. s. pam Silver badge
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    Flash is a diorhea that just won't end

    Would someone PLEASE PUT Adobe out of our misery?

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    1. John Tserkezis
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      Re: Flash is a diorhea that just won't end

      "Would someone PLEASE PUT Adobe out of our misery?"

      There is still a vuln that was there since day one that still hasn't been fixed yet.

      It's called Flash.

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  4. Grikath

    So Adobe <em>can</em> be moved...

    It just takes a hammer swung by a trillion-dollar organisation...

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    1. DavCrav
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      Re: So Adobe <em>can</em> be moved...

      "It just takes a hammer swung by a trillion-dollar organisation..."

      The Mob?

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    No updates on Windows 10

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    1. AlbertH
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      Of course not - MS tells us that Windows 10 is perfect!

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      1. dajames
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        They're nearly right

        MS tells us that Windows 10 is perfect!

        Only Windows 9 is perfect.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    amazing

    Breathtaking to think a codebase that old is putting out cves as fast as ever and has been able to generate the number of vulnerabilities it has. It has even out craptastified Java which is a whole lot larger. Wasn't flash development outsourced to certain sub continent a long while back?

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  7. Your alien overlord - fear me

    Since I'm not a US or NATO official, do I need the update?

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    I insist on Flash...

    ...because it's the only way I can see decent internet adverts, which I am told, keeps the internet alive. However my PC has now seized up and some slightly aggressive Russian chap wants $1,000 to unlock it. Should I pay him, or upgrade from Vista (a similar cost)?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: I insist on Flash...

      Lol that is good kinja.

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  9. Howard Hanek
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    Adobe

    ....is made out of half baked mud bricks which may also describe their software architecture.

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  10. Anonymous Coward
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    "Mozilla Firefox users may feel a bit miffed at getting left out, particularly as the browser has shown Adobe more love than most."

    Uh, I have Firefox on Win 7 - 64bit, and Adobe had the flash patch for me, no problem.

    (porn will NOT wait!)

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  11. Anonymous Coward
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    Is Google helping Adobe...

    ... just because Flash still attempts to infect your machine with Chrome every time you update it?

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  12. Cincinnataroo

    Interesting comments about availability.

    I just checked on Win 10.

    Firefox, needed to install it's now OK.

    IE 11, Edge and Chrome, browser up to date but FLAH NOT (still version 207 whereas needed version is 226).

    Opera, not installed.

    I guess we need to be cautious about believing things that we read.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      I believe everything I read except what I've just written.

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      1. Fibbles
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        I don't believe that.

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  13. A Nonny Moose
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    Flash must Die

    At home I have Flash disabled and I don't miss it, except when I want to use iPlayer (which is most often used on the telly). Even the usual pron sites still function (erm... so I am told).

    Unfortunately at work I still need it enabled (click to activate though) for the Spotify Web Player, as I'm not allowed to install the client. The sooner Flash dies, the better. Even Adobe must see this, all these critical patches cost them money and bad PR

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  14. WereWoof

    With the number of patches flash has had over the years there must be none of the original code left, it seems that they are now patching patches that patched previous patches.

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