Or take? December 18 is the 'release date' of the security bulletin from Adobe. If you are having similar problems, my eventual solution may help you, too. My next posting goes into great detail about the problems I had updating the Flash player in one particularly stubborn copy of Firefox. This is a great way to ensure there are none of the old, vulnerable versions of the Flash player anywhere on your computer, even in nonstandard locations. Click on the green squiggly thing and the procedure is self-explanatory.įor extra credit, run the Secunia Software Inspector and turn on the checkbox for a 'thorough system inspection.' If it was, you should see something like the below, prompting you to install the plug-in. After getting completely inconsistent results on three different machines, it became obvious the Adobe Flash player uninstaller was the way to go.Īfter running the uninstaller, go back to the tester page to verify that the Flash player was uninstalled correctly. Initially, this posting detailed a host of problems trying to use the Control Panel Add or Remove Programs applet in Windows XP to remove the Firefox version The instructions warn that it cannot remove files in use, so be sure to shut down all applications before running the uninstaller. In fact, it even uninstalled a copy used by a portable version of Firefox. The program uninstalls both the Internet Explorer and Firefox versions of the Flash player. There is an uninstall program for Windows and one for Macs, but no mention of Linux at all. How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control that includeĪ link to download its uninstall program. Removing old versions of the Flash player using the standard Add or Remove Programs applet in the Windows XP Control Panel failed more often than it worked in my tests. I suggest starting with the Adobe Flash player unintall program. See Trend Micro and Aviv Raff for more on this. The Google Toolbar in particular, has its own very recent security bug. There is always the chance it will break something else, and, new software just becomes something else that needs care and feeding. Again speaking defensively, it's best not to install software unless you absolutely need it.

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