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Topic: shockwave updater running, why? |
Ron Victoria
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 12:11 pm |
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I have the icon running in the bottom. If I right click or double click it, nothing happens. Does it have something to do with Adobe?
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 12:22 pm Re: shockwave updater in toolbar, why?
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| Ron Victoria wrote: |
I have the icon in the bottom toolbar. If I right click or double click it, nothing happens. Does it have something to do with Adobe?
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Ron;
Please tell us what company this toolbar belongs to and into which browser make and version it is installed. Is it a toolbar you knowingly installed?
Yes, Shockwave is made by Adobe. It is similar to Flash, but different, with richer multimedia content. Shockwave presentations are more like movies than animations. Shockwave can be updated directly at adobe.com, by clicking through the "Get Shockwave" links and buttons. It is always prudent to only have the most current version of Shockwave, Flash, Java, Quicktime and Realplayer on your PC. Many exploits are written specifically for vulnerable versions of these commonly deployed third party tools.
You can run the Secunia Software Inspector to find out which applications need to be updated and have older ones deleted.
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 12:30 pm
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| It's not the toolbar, but things running in the lower right corner. I use explorer and have winxp. I see readersl in start-up. Is this it? |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 4:21 pm
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| Ron Victoria wrote: |
| It's not the toolbar, but things running in the lower right corner. I use explorer and have winxp. I see readersl in start-up. Is this it? |
No. Readersl is part of Adobe Acrobat Reader; namely, the speed loader module.
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2008 5:03 am
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| I see Reader_sl associated with Adobe in startup. If I uncheck it there will shockwave updater stop running? |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2008 4:02 pm
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I tried and it didn't. I guess the ball is in it's court!!
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