chubbyelfgirl:

elusiveemerald:

Or vulnerability or whatever. Basically put, some posts have been floating around stating that some hackers managed to worm their way into Adobe Flash and could crash and hack into a computer, and this is absolutely true. However, what most posts I’ve seen done is jump to conclusions and assume the worst; everyone is prone to danger, turn off Flash, hide yo kids and hide yo wives. Which, well, isn’t true.

On the same page that I linked, Adobe states that “ A critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.194 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux”, which is still super omega bad. However, as I went to hastily turn off my Flash as some people posted to do, I double-checked what version I was on, and found out that I was on 18.0.0.203, and that is the current version as of late. I found out by checking this link here, which is an Abode website. Or, if you’re weary of trusting any links right now, you can just “right-click on content running in Flash Player and select “About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player” from the menu”, and you should check and repeat the process for each browser if you have multiple browsers.

Does that mean that everyone should go slack and throw caution to the wind? Nah, son, don’t do that. Instead, just proceed with caution, but so long as you have Adobe Flash ver 18.0.0.203, you should be okay and you shouldn’t have to turn off your Flash. I honestly don’t know why people were suggesting that to begin with.

EDIT: You can also download the latest Adobe Flash Player here, in case you do find out that your Flash player is outdated! You will want to click on “Get the latest version”.

2ND EDIT: I’ve also found an uninstaller for Adobe Flash Player here, in case some people run into the problem of Adobe saying you’re on the latest software but in reality you’re not on v. 203. If you have any problems, you could just uninstall and reinstall and it should update to v. 203 if updating won’t work outright.

tofuloo just in case you need flash tho