Latest Version of Adobe Flash Player

[WildWilly]

I have my Flash set to notify me when an update is available, as opposed to the alternatives which are (1) allow it to update automatically and (2) don't ever check for updates. Despite this, the only notification I ever get of a new update is this thread. At least SOME things in this world work as they're supposed to.

 

[DavidE]

I have my Flash set to notify me when an update is available, as opposed to the alternatives which are (1) allow it to update automatically and (2) don't ever check for updates. Despite this, the only notification I ever get of a new update is this thread. At least SOME things in this world work as they're supposed to.

I've seen the same thing.
I set it to never check for updates so i don't have a scheduled task run that doesn't help me.
Subscribing to this thread is more reliable, someone always posts here sooner than Adobe might notify you ...

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I have my Flash set to notify me when an update is available, as opposed to the alternatives which are (1) allow it to update automatically and (2) don't ever check for updates. Despite this, the only notification I ever get of a new update is this thread. At least SOME things in this world work as they're supposed to.

Same here.

 

[Layback Bear]

I personally don't use any Auto Updates for anything. I don't like things sneaking into my computer without my permission. One just has to remember to check for updates manually. After a short period of time it becomes second nature to check for updates.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I personally don't use any Auto Updates for anything. I don't like things sneaking into my computer without my permission. One just has to remember to check for updates manually. After a short period of time it becomes second nature to check for updates.

Same here. I will let programs check for updates but only let them notify me when there is one, Then I choose my time to download and install them.

 

[Phone Man]

Adobe has fixed the exploit in 16.0.0.287 and an update will be available soon.

UPDATE (January 24): users who have enabled auto-update for the Flash Player desktop runtime will be receiving version 16.0.0.296 beginning on January 24. This version includes a fix for CVE-2015-0311. Adobe expects to have an update available for manual download during the week of January 26, and we are working with our distribution partners to make the update available in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 and 11.

Jim

 

[Callender]

Flash Player update released

Current version is Flash Player 16.0.0.296

Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe

 

[Scottyboy99]

Still seeing 16.0.0.287 on here, Adobe - Flash Player

Wish they wouldn't keep messing it up - fed up with constant updates

 

[Brink]

Still seeing 16.0.0.287 on here, Adobe - Flash Player

Wish they wouldn't keep messing it up - fed up with constant updates

Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Still seeing 16.0.0.287 on here, Adobe - Flash Player

Wish they wouldn't keep messing it up - fed up with constant updates

I agree the frequent updates are a nuisance but I'm glad they are there instead of Adobe waiting longer to update, leaving us more vulnerable to malware for a longer period of time.

 

[Scottyboy99]

Ok thanks. Hopefully they'll update the other method too as that's still saying .287. This is what I always use to update flash. Creature of habit and I trust that way. Always installs over the top of the existing version without problems. I've never used link method from Brink.

Adobe - Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions

 

[groze]

Google Chrome is still showing .287 in windows
Chromium in Linux is still showing .291
Neither has .296

I am surprised google hasn't released an update for Google Chrome in windows & Chromium in Linux.
Yes, I know how to update Google Chrome and Chromium in Linux.

I have manually updated Firefox & I.E. to .296 in windows 7

 

[jonnyhillow]

Adobe flash 16.0.0.305

Hi everybody , wondering why i see the 305 version when everywhere else it seems its still at 296.

Thank you

 

[Callender]

Flash Player .305

At the time of writing this post the .305 update is being rolled out only to users who have auto update check enabled. Currently it's not possible to manually download the update.



Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Task Scheduler - Adobe Flash Player Updater - Run

 

[Brink]

New Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.305 is available. See first post for more details.

 

[DavidE]

The Distribution Download page still shows the 296 version.
I manually ran the Flash Player scheduled task and it updated to 305.
I had to run it 2 times to get both versions updated.

 

[WildWilly]

As of this writing, the usual page does have .305 there. I just got it.

The way I get Flash updates is like this.
1. Run the little Flash thingy that's buried somewhere in Control Panel (and I'm too lazy to go figure out where -- I long ago put a shortcut to it in my Start Menu).
2. Go to the last tab in that thing & click the Check Now button.
3. This launches Firefox on the page where it tells you what version you have and lists all the various version numbers for the various platforms.
4. Click the link for downloading and . . . guess what . . . download the little installer thingy.

Now notice my state of affairs. I have the little Flash thingy still open because I clicked the Check Now button. And I have Firefox open because Flash opened it. So after the download completes, I execute the thing off my hard drive. It runs for a bit, looking good, and then I get a nag screen saying, essentially, you bonehead, you left the Flash thingy open and I am Flash and I can't complete my install while that thing is open. No, I am not the bonehead. Adobe is the bonehead. Why can't their stupid installer close that thing? OK so I close it myself and click Finish in the installer.

Now I'm not just annoyed, I'm M-A-D. Why? Because their &#(Q@#()%^ installer then packs it in saying the installation failed! What, you couldn't resume from where you were? No, it offers to let me (how magnanimous of them) START OVER FROM THE BEGINNING!!! You bleepity bleepity bleep MORONS!!!!!

OK. So I go through the whole rigamarole AGAIN. Good thing I've got a broadband connection. If I were still on my old 28.8K modem . . . This time (I'm so smart) I close their little Control Panel thingy. It goes through its thing . . . AGAIN . . . and then I get a different nag screen telling me I'm such a bonehead because my browser is open. I was already not Le Happy Camper. Now . . . Look, you flaming #*& #U(IU#%() #*&#@&$^@(# s, I have my browser open to get your stinkin' software off your stinkin' web site. Of course, my browser is open! Fortunately, I didn't have anything going that I couldn't afford to close. So I closed all my Firefox windows and clicked Finish in their installer app. This time, it DID resume from where it was and successfully completed installation . . . by launching Firefox again. Why the bleepity bleep did you have me close it only to turn right around and open it again?

Programmers these days are BRAIN DEAD!!!! I would have been fired if I had treated my customers that way with my software back in the day when I was doing that sort of thing. And look at all the wonderful, glowing press they're generating here because of the way they write their installer program. Their installer program. Fer crying out loud, can't you even get THAT right? Makes you question the software the installer installs.

:mad2: This is what I'd like to do to them: :banghead:

When I do download their installer, I get the Firefox nag screen about do I want to replace the file by that name that already exists on my hard drive. Seems to me that once upon a time their installer used to delete itself. I don't know when that stopped. But it makes me wonder if I really need to download a new one every time they come out with a new version, or would the one I got last time still . . . fail to work properly . . . but at least still manage to install the latest Flash anyway?

 

[NoN]

Updated it yesterday too...I usually uninstall previous web version, then, download their web files so i can install them quietly with browser windows closed.

Adobe might give us another update soon since they mostly gives it during the patch Tuesday...see that on the 10th of this month!!

 

[groze]

Tip, if you save the web installer files to your hard drive move them to a permanent different folder. Then copy them to a temp folder. Then install one at a time. If you have to reinstall it, because you forget to close the browsers or close the flash control panel at least you won't have to redownload them till the next update is released.

 

[DavidE]

Windows Versions 17.0.0.134 are available on this page:
Adobe Flash Player - Downloads

3/12/2015 – Updated debugger and standalone versions of Flash player. These versions contain fixes for critical vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletin APSB 15-05. The latest versions are 17.0.0.134 (Win and Mac); and 11.2.202.451 (Linux). All users are encouraged to update to these latest versions.

The Distribution page still has version 16.0.0.305 listed.