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In addition to sheer volume, there's the nuisance factor of the updating process, which is not automatic, typically requires closing all browser windows, and then demands multiple clicks to complete the update process. In both March and August of this year, Adobe pushed out two updates. June 2011 was a particularly busy month, with three separate updates in a little over three weeks. (One noteworthy exception is the May 31 update to version 10.3.181.14, which fixed a horrible bug with Internet Explorer 9 and hardware-accelerated graphics.) Several of them were released to address zero-day vulnerabilities that were being used in targeted attacks by malware authors. Most of the updates address security issues. The pace has picked up this year, with 13 individual updates in the past eight months alone. By my count, the Flash Player for Windows has been updated 17 times in the 16 months since Flash Player 10.1 was officially released.

All of the following updates are for Windows you'll find minor variations in version numbers and release dates if you look at other platforms, although the general timeline is the same. I can't find any details about updates to the 10.0 release, so my census starts with version 10.1, which was released exactly 16 months ago.

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So I decided to do it myself, pulling together what I believe is a complete list, using a variety of sources.* (If you have corrections or additions, feel free to leave them in the Talkback section or send me a note.)įlash Player 10 was released in October 2008. That list is not in Wikipedia, it's not on Adobe's product pages for Flash runtimes, and I couldn't find anyone else who had done the work.

But one thing I have never seen is an actual count of just how often the Flash Player gets updated.

The single most common complaint I heard was about the frequency of updates for the Flash Player, and what a pain in the rear the update process is, especially for Windows users. (That's the euphemism politicians use when they really mean a knock-down, drag-out screaming match.) And I wasn't disappointed.

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I was prepared for, shall we say, full and frank feedback. Last week I wrote about a pair of new security studies that emphasize the importance of updating widely used third-party products like Adobe's Flash Player and Reader to avoid becoming a victim of drive-by malware installations.

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Additionally, Adobe Flash Player is built to be backwards-compatible, meaning that it works with all operating systems, new and old.You want to set off a firestorm of comments from angry and frustrated PC users? Just write about Adobe's Flash Player. Once installed, it doesn't use up a great deal of resources on your computer although that is debatable for systems that have a low-end hardware configuration. Once a great client runtime to have for additional performance has now become a necessity for the great majority of Internet users. It supports vector and raster graphics making it ideal for any kind of content, as it also capable of streaming over HTTP, RTMP and TCP protocols.Īdobe Flash Player is compatible with all of the widely used Internet browsers out today, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer. The player uses AMF, XML, JSON, SWF, MP3, FLV, PNG, JPEG and GIF formats. Whether it's audio, video or gaming related, chances are that Flash Player is needed.

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Adobe Flash Player or Shockwave Flash is a piece of software that provides support for multimedia playback.

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