Mozilla offers an expanded version of the Adobe Flash Player check that you might see after a Mozilla Firefox update but this site covers a number of other plugins and works for more browsers than just Firefox. The Plugin Check site checks at least Adobe Flash, Java, QuickTime, Silverlight, Adobe Acrobat, and many other plugins. It will report the version if it's running the … [Read more...]
Adobe Spares Us From The Download Manager (DLM) With Flash 10.1.102.64
Adobe released an update to Adobe Flash on Thursday after critical vulnerabilities were identified in the previous version of 10.1.85.3. Common sense and the related Security Bulletin recommended upgrading to the latest version of Adobe Flash, version 10.1.102.64. Upon heading over to the Adobe site, I noticed the site has been a little updated, probably in preparation for the … [Read more...]
A Herculean Effort Against “Cyber Security” Malware in Windows Vista SP1
Last night, I was working on a laptop that was given to me for some freelance tech support with the simple description of "acting like it has a virus and won't connect to the Internet." I got it home and fired up the computer. It definitely had a malware infection but the side effects may have proven to be worse than the actual antivirus. The computer was running Windows Vista … [Read more...]
Firefox 3.6.12 Available, Addresses Vulnerability 48 Hours After Informed
Mozilla has released version 3.6.12 of its popular web browser Firefox today, less than 48 hours after a 0-day vulnerability was reported. The emergency update addressed an exploit that had been planted on the Nobel Peace Prize website. Mozilla first posted to their Security Blog that they were aware of the issue, were working on a patch, and that the site was being blocked by … [Read more...]
LimeWire Given Injunction To Remove P2P Function, Site Disabled, Successor Found
LimeWire, which remained one of the last standing P2P programs out there after Napster and KaZaA have dropped that option and went legit, was dealt a large blow yesterday as a RIAA-brought lawsuit brought judgement. LimeWire was issued an injunction to remove "the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality" … [Read more...]