Andy Walker wrote:
> siljaline wrote:
>
>>Rube Bumpkin wrote:
>>> Does Anyone have any info about Adobe AIR? It was tagged as insecure by
>>> Secunia. I Googled it, and it's some sort of runtime solution that
>>> allows web applications to run outside the browser.
>>>
>>> I don't know exactly when it was installed on my system (I have 4 kids),
>>> or why. When I removed it, with Add/Remove, my PC suddenly rebooted. I'm
>>> running my weekly scans, and may know more soon.
>>>
>>> Since the removal and reboot, Secunia is still finding it, so it look
>>> likw I'll be doing some scrubbing.
>>
>>Secunia is false-flagging it, it's fluff and bundled with a recent Adobe Flash Player
>>Upgrade - likely Flash Player 10 ActiveX.
>>See >
>>http://www.adobe.com/products/air/faq/
>>
>>Assuming XP, you might want to consider setting-up limited user accounts for
>>the Kids so they can't download whatever fluff is required as they randomly smurf
>>the Net.
>>
>>Silj
>
> It also loads with Adobe Reader 9.

Thanks, Andy - it is fluff, just dumped it off my box, appears to be of no consequence.
To Flash enabled sites.

Silj

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