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http://bgr.com/2015/10/15/adobe-flash-player-security-vulnerability-warning/

Just one day after Adobe released its monthly security patches for various software including Flash Player, the company confirmed a major security vulnerability that affects all versions of Flash for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. You read that correctly… all versions. Adobe said it has been made aware that this vulnerability is being used by hackers to attack users, though it says the attacks are limited and targeted. Using the exploit, an attacker can crash a target PC or even take complete control of the computer.

And now for the fun part: The only way to effectively protect yourself against this serious security hole is to completely uninstall Flash Player from your machine. “A critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-7645) has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux,” Adobe wrote in a security bulletin posted to its website. “Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” The company went on to state that it “hopes” to make an update available sometime next week to address the critical security hole, though it’s currently unclear exactly when it plans to release the fix. It’s also not clear if all versions of Flash Player will be patched across all platforms.
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Flash is already dying (thank God!). this should hopefully be the final nail in it's coffin.
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