Newsletter Archives

• Updates from Adobe

  Posted on January 11, 2017 at 21:54 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from ER –

  I read these recent Adobe security bulletins for January 2017 that mention new Flash Player and Acrobat Reader security updates.

  Adobe security bulletin APSB17-01 features new updates for Acrobat & Acrobat Reader:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-01.html

  Adobe security bulletin APSB17-02 features new updates for Flash Player 24
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html and a bonus for Linux users, they can finally update to the new version 24 of flash since Adobe had been issuing flash player 11.2 security updates to linux users  for several years.

  Other Adobe Reader, Flash

• October Third Party Program Updates

  Posted on November 1, 2015 at 09:40 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  From Randy the Tech Professor:

  This month there are patches for Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Apple iTunes, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Oracle Java. Even though these are common third party updates, there is a larger than normal number of vulnerabilities being fixed. Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader should be patched immediately.

  I’m enjoying your Windows 10 for Dummies. Two or three times a week (with my clients) I’m running into the Windows 10 forced update conundrum. I have then turn off automatic updates and then manually uncheck Windows 10 when updates are offered.

  Sounds like a good solution to me. I assume you’re also pointing them to GWX Control Panel, which takes care of all the settings and hidings necessary to keep the Win10 update at bay.

  People seem to forget that they have until next July to get the free upgrade – and even then, I wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft keeps the offer going.

  Windows Patches/Security Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Apple iTunes, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Oracle Java

• Windows third party program patches

  Posted on December 29, 2014 at 15:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  What a crop.

  Randy the Tech Professor writes with this list:

  The last set of third party program updates for 2014 are numerous: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash Player, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Suite.

  Full details on Randy’s site.

   

  Other Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Chrome, Firefox, Flash, Safari

• Adobe Reader & Flash Player updates

  Posted on August 14, 2014 at 05:14 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This in from ER:

  New Adobe Reader security updates for August can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.html 

  And new Adobe Flash Player security updates for August can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html

   

  Windows Patches/Security Adobe Reader, Flash Player

• New Reader, Acrobat, Flash patches — and a SinoXP push for Linux

  Posted on May 14, 2014 at 23:36 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from EP:

  Adobe has released new Adobe Reader & Acrobat security updates here new Adobe Flash Player security updates for May 2014 posted here.

  And I saw this on Softpedia news about the Chinese gov’t making a TV campaign for XP users to choose Linux. That’ll be tough to do for those folks there who are still reluctant to move away from XP.

  MS14-029 for IE is the first batch of IE security patches to no longer involve XP.  If XP users really want the MS14-029 patches for IE6/IE7/IE8, they’ll have to get a Microsoft custom support agreement to secretly obtain the MS14-029 updates from Microsoft.

  Good points. I’m beginning to wonder if anybody can figure out how to use the Server patches to IE 6 in XP systems. 

  (EP also asked me to put together a rebuttal to Tony Bradley’s Top Story in Windows Secrets Newsletter, Why continuing support for XP is bad math. Of course, I’ve long been advocating for cheap Windows XP extended support for the masses. Doesn’t look like it’s going to happen — no matter what Tony or I say.)

  Other Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Flash Player

• Adobe Reader and Flash Player updates, and Avira vs Win8

  Posted on May 17, 2013 at 06:49 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from EP –

  Another round of monthly security updates for Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player have been posted this May.

  Adobe security bulletin APSB13-15 mentions new security patches for Adobe Reader:
  http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html
  while Adobe security bulletin APSB13-14 mentions new security patches for Flash Player:
  http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-14.html

  As for Avira Antivirus software and Windows 8, only Avira Free Antivirus (aka. Avira
  Antivir Personal) has been certified as Windows 8 compatible since early April 2013
  as mentioned here:
  http://www.avira.com/en/support-for-home-knowledgebase-detail/kbid/1385
  the rest of their products (Avira Antivirus Premium, Avira Internet Security, etc.) have yet to receive the Windows 8 certification from Microsoft.

   
  Windows Patches/Security Adobe Reader, Avira, Flash Player

• Inside that new Adobe Reader 0day

  Posted on September 10, 2010 at 07:33 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s a lot of reason to be concerned about that new PDF 0day.

  Details in my Infoworld Tech Watch blog.

  Other Adobe Reader, PDF 0day

• Time to install the Adobe Flash patch – and the Reader patches, too, when they’re out

  Posted on August 19, 2010 at 07:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It looks like the Flash player update is relatively stable. Go ahead and install it. (But you have my permission to curse under your breath that Adobe still hasn’t done anything to fix the Flash cookie problem.)

  From Adobe Security Bulletin APSB10-16:

  Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64 and earlier versions update to Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76. Adobe recommends users of Adobe AIR 2.0.2.12610 and earlier versions update to Adobe AIR 2.0.3.

  Got yer scorecard?

  The new Reader and Acrobat should be out in a few hours. Apply those as soon as you can – the hole they plug is pretty big. Details in Adobe’s Security Bulletin ASPB10-17.

  Other Adobe Reader, Flash patch