XP Users Update Flash Player Now

by on 01/12/2010 in Security, Virus Threats

Once again Microsoft issued a warning that users who are currently using the default Adobe Flash Player 6 that comes preloaded in XP to upgrade now!

The Adobe Flash Player 6 that ships by default in Windows XP is vulnerable to multiple code execution vulnerabilities that could lead to PC takeover attacks, according to the advisory.

To read the details about this new warning from Microsoft please go here.

This issue affects Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3.  The warning is also applicable to users running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2.

Adobe discontinued support for Adobe Flash Player 6 in 2006. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is 10.0.42.34.

Adobe Flash Player is among the most commonly exploited desktop applications so it’s important for all Windows XP users to heed this warning from Microsoft.

Download the latest Flash Player here.

8 Responses to “XP Users Update Flash Player Now”

  1. Michael Aulia @CravingTech

    Jan 13th, 2010

    Can’t belive that there are still many people with Flash 6 installed in their system!

    • Frank Jovine

      Jan 13th, 2010

      Michael,

      Some people feel that if it’s not broken why change. These are the same people that are crying about the why is this, and why am I getting this on my PC.

  2. Arafat Hossain Piyada

    Jan 14th, 2010

    @Michael Aulia: I even can’t believe there are still people visiting my site with IE6 but I should believe because they are not like us. They even don’t know what is browser then how do going to know what is Flash Player.

    Thanks for this information Frank. I read it earlier in a security blog. Good to see, you cover it too.

    • Frank Jovine

      Jan 14th, 2010

      Arafat,

      Thank you as always and glad to share the information from other sources.

  3. Geniuzs

    Jan 16th, 2010

    Thanks for covering this. I am amazed to read this though. I mean people who still have flash 6, do not surf internet much or if they surf, they do not visit any of the sites that have flash. Coz if they would have visited any of these, they would already have seen the message to upgrade to the new flash plugin for their browsers. This also means that several people are just unaware of the most potential sites of today like You Tube. Wonder what they Use Internet for? Just Emails?

    Anyways, there was a release from Microsoft in 2008 that they were shutting down their support for XP (which was needed of course for promotng Vista). So now why is Microsoft Coming up with this – 2 years late?

  4. timethief

    Jan 16th, 2010

    My first response to flash6 was like the others. Then I was reminded of a recent video I saw interviewing computer users on the street. They did not know what a browser was – no kidding! That has made me shake my head reconsider who my readers may be.

    You nailed the bottom line. The internet is awash with windows xp users and if they haven’t clued into the fact that Adobe Flash Player is among the most commonly exploited desktop apps they will be sorry. So I’ll spread the word too.

  5. lumatrix

    Jan 26th, 2010

    Hi,

    I was VERY annoyed to discover that the Flash download linked from this page also Installs an unwanted McAfee program. This is VERY bad form and you should desist from this behaviour.

    • Frank Jovine

      Jan 26th, 2010

      Lumatix,

      Please provide examples as the link goes to a trusted source “Adobe”.