New Adobe Flash Attack -Fix is out

madtownidiot · 19 Sep 2010

I used noscript for a while too, but decided it's overkill after also buying 20 copies of the full version of malwarebytes (I buy and sell computers more frequently than most people change underwear). For PDFs I use foxit.. even if it hasn't been doing so well lately it's still better than the adobe reader, while last I checked has bloated itself to about 240MB

yowanvista · 19 Sep 2010

Nitro reader looks fine: Nitro PDF Reader

mike009 · 19 Sep 2010

if you are like me and just want to read a .pdf, i use Free PDF Reader - Sumatra PDF by Krzysztof Kowalczyk portable 1.6m

Phone Man · 19 Sep 2010

Hondajt said:

Isn't the reason we "know" about the security problems, is because Adobe tells us about them? How confident are you that your alternative programs don't have security issues, and you just don't know about them?

That is one reason I switched to FoxIt. It is a large software company and have the resources to fix any problems. Some of the independent products don't have the resources to combat the problems. Here is the security section for FoxIt.

Foxit Software - Foxit Reader 4.1 for Windows

Jim

Hondajt · 19 Sep 2010

^^Glad they do that. Many companies just pretend they are invincible and ignore the problem altogether.

Corrine · 19 Sep 2010

Phone Man said:

Another attack on Flash has been announced by Adobe.

Adobe - Security Advisories: APSA10-03 - Security Advisory for Flash Player

May be fixed the week of Sept 27.
I have just stated using a FF addon call QuickJava which has buttons on the Status Bar to disable/enable flash and others on the go.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1237/

Jim

Google Chrome has been updated and an update for Windows and other operating systems will be available tomorrow. See the updated Advisory which now includes:

We now expect to provide an update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and Android operating systems on Monday September 20, 2010. A fix is now available for Google Chrome users. Chrome users can update to Chrome 6.0.472.62. To verify your current Chrome version number and update if necessary, follow the instructions here: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95414. We expect to provide updates for Adobe Reader 9.3.4 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 for Windows and Macintosh during the week of October 4, 2010.

Dave76 · 20 Sep 2010

That's good news, thanks Corrine.

NICK ADSL UK · 20 Sep 2010

Today, a Security Bulletin has been posted to address a critical security issue (CVE-2010-2884) in Adobe Flash Player. This Security Bulletin affects Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.10 for Android. Adobe recommends users apply the update for their product installation. This addresses the issue first mentioned in Security Advisory APSA10-03.
Adobe - Adobe Flash Player

Phone Man · 20 Sep 2010

New version has been released.
10.1.85.3 fixes the problem.

Jim