Adobe confirms major Flash vulnerability, and the only way to protect yourself is to uninstall Flash

[Zeus 7997]

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

 

The fun never ends with Adobe Flash.

 

Just one day after Adobe released its monthly security patches for various software including Flash Player, the company confirmed a major security vulnerability that affects all versions of Flash for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. You read that correctly… all versions. Adobe said it has been made aware that this vulnerability is being used by hackers to attack users, though it says the attacks are limited and targeted. Using the exploit, an attacker can crash a target PC or even take complete control of the computer.

 

And now for the fun part: The only way to effectively protect yourself against this serious security hole is to completely uninstall Flash Player from your machine.

What a shitty piece of technology. How can one product have so many security holes? The sooner Flash dies the better...

[BrenGun 2261]

So.. lets deinstal flashplayer now?

 

deinstalled XD

[indigo 389]

Fucking piece of shit. Uninstalled Flash for good this time.

[Delkmiroph 1649]

done

[Seimeisen 4406]

Okay, NOW can web developers/designers abandon Flash?! Fucking seriously! Flash should have been ditched years ago. It's bad enough that it hogs up your computer's CPU, now it's a fucking security risk?

What a shitty piece of technology. How can one product have so many security holes? The sooner Flash dies the better...

[Nagisa 131]

Uninstalled. Thanks for the heads up. 

[BrenGun 2261]

Okay, NOW can web developers/designers abandon Flash?! Fucking seriously! Flash should have been ditched years ago. It's bad enough that it hogs up your computer's CPU, now it's a fucking security risk?

 

 

Yes we can, since 99% of smartphones don't even have flash.

There are alternatives for Flash.... and I'm sure there will be other kind of alternatives for playing "flash" games around the web.

[Zeus 7997]

Yes we can, since 99% of smartphones don't even have flash.

There are alternatives for Flash.... and I'm sure there will be other kind of alternatives for playing "flash" games around the web.

That's HTML5 for the most part but not all websites have made the transition. Mostly twitch.tv and "tube" porn sites. Be careful whacking it for the next few days guys.

[madygrain 515]

What's the point of flash anyway?  It's useless on the web and animation is moving away from it. It isn't even used for presentations anymore.

[Licio123 181]

You guys can disable Flash following this guide

 

Easier than installing it again later.

[madygrain 515]

the most shocking thing is the date of the article Licio kindly posted. Now I'm a bit confused.

 

Edit: wait this happened last july as well? Jesus, Adobe wtf 

[Licio123 181]

the most shocking thing is the date of the article Licio kindly posted. Now I'm a bit confused.

 

Edit: wait this happened last july as well? Jesus, Adobe wtf 

 

That's right. I also got a little confused. But it has happened before and many of us didn't even notice xD

 

Better safe than sorry though!

[Zeus 7997]

the most shocking thing is the date of the article Licio kindly posted. Now I'm a bit confused.

 

Edit: wait this happened last july as well? Jesus, Adobe wtf 

If you knew how often Flash was vulnerable you wouldn't even install it...

[Aferni 2381]

DUDE COME ON, LIKE SeRIOUSLY COME ON.

[evilcoconut 109]

I hate flash

[BrenGun 2261]

and there is an update.... but... should we ever get flash again? ... will be hacked again for sure.