Yeah but they push out updates like multiple times a day, enough is enough. I'll do it at my own leisure once a month or w/e. updating this often is ridiculous. If they really have that many security holes they are doing something wrong.
You are exaggerating; they certainly do not push out multiple updates per day. If you are receiving multiple notifications after updating, the updates are not likely being installed. Furthermore, browser plug-ins are one of the most common sources of security issues when browsing the web; it's a good idea to update your plug-ins early and often.
How to disable auto-update notification in Flash Player
You are exaggerating; they certainly do not push out multiple updates per day. If you are receiving multiple notifications after updating, the updates are not likely being installed. Furthermore, browser plug-ins are one of the most common sources of security issues when browsing the web; it's a good idea to update your plug-ins early and often.
How to disable auto-update notification in Flash Player
Thanks I set it to every 60 days. That's more like it. I was going to disable it completely but every 60 days is reasonable.
So you don't mind potentially being vulnerable to the next flash hole for 59 days?
Flash seems to somehow embed itself right in the PC now it seems. I rebooted and got a notice to update (AGAIN! They ALWAYS update, WTF?). I hate having unneeded programs in my startup. I've even seen it pop up randomly while booted up, so there must be some kind of hidden service that runs or something. Any way to stop this crap? Seems everyone is going this route now :/ Google does it too, Java does it. It's madness.
It's people like the op that I really don't understand. It's not like it takes that much time to do the update unless you have a positively ancient machine. And not updating for 60 days is just asking to get nailed. Personally I have my updates set to check once a day for various programs, Windows included, at around 3 am and it's never affected me.
It's not the actual updates that are the problem, it's the fact of getting bothered multiple times a day by all sorts of programs. Gets old fast. AVs (I can understand though they should do it in the background which most do), Flash, Adobe Reader, other misc apps, the list goes on. Every single day. That's a lot of rebooting (most apps require a reboot). Are programmers this incompetent that they can't get their program secure after a few patches? They have to patch every day and STILL don't fix the security flaws, or create new ones? I don't even get how something like PDF reader can have a security flaw. The program has nothing in it that could or should allow execution of any type of code, it's simply to display a static document.
It's not the actual updates that are the problem, it's the fact of getting bothered multiple times a day by all sorts of programs. Gets old fast. AVs (I can understand though they should do it in the background which most do), Flash, Adobe Reader, other misc apps, the list goes on. Every single day. That's a lot of rebooting (most apps require a reboot). Are programmers this incompetent that they can't get their program secure after a few patches? They have to patch every day and STILL don't fix the security flaws, or create new ones? I don't even get how something like PDF reader can have a security flaw. The program has nothing in it that could or should allow execution of any type of code, it's simply to display a static document.
It's people like the op that I really don't understand. It's not like it takes that much time to do the update unless you have a positively ancient machine. And not updating for 60 days is just asking to get nailed. Personally I have my updates set to check once a day for various programs, Windows included, at around 3 am and it's never affected me.
Agree wholly with ITGuy2000. Flash is becoming increasingly annoying - a new channel for spurious unwanted audio/video spam.
It is very easy to turn Flash off completely. In IE8, go to Tools, then Manage Add-Ons. look for Adobe and Shockwave Flash Object. Highlight it and click the DISABLE radio button down below. It can be turned on just as easily. When disabled, the radio button changes to ENABLE.
Now I know the source of all the .SWF files that have recently been stuffed into my Temporary Internet Files. And, they have the nerve to make them "access denied."
Disable answers Red Squirrel's initial post. Flash Block is not available in IE. It's no hassle just to keep it disabled - so far in the last three days, I've found no reason to enable it.