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Topic: Announcing The Secunia Software Inspector |
Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2006 10:25 am |
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Wiz, this is so good that I bookmarked it for future use. Thanks!!
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Wiz Feinberg
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Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2006 2:55 pm
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I am unable to delete the early flash, even with their removal tool.
I get the following message:
This installation of Macromedia Flash Player 6.x is insecure and potentially exposes your system to security threats!
The detected version installed on your system is 6.0.79.0, however, the latest secure version released by the vendor, fixing one or more vulnerabilities |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2006 8:54 pm
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Ken;
Have you tried rebooting into safe mode, logging into the "Administrator" account and deleting the offending files from there?
Another tip is to close all browsers and applications that may be using Flash, then trying to uninstall it via Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There is a Final Solution, if all else fails. It is very geeky and requires precision and exact knowledge of the offending file names and locations.
Run the Software Inspector again and print out the found problems, with those sections expanded at their + signs. Then, if you have your Windows 2000 or XP CD handy, and your BIOS is setup to boot from a CD first, insert it and restart the computer. When the Press Any Key to boot from CD appears, press a key. Follow the prompts to run the Recovery Console. Log onto your primary drive (usually C:\Windows) by pressing the number key that corresponds to your Windows installation drive letter (usually 1). When you get to the command prompt use "ChDir" or "CD" commands to navigate to the directory where the old Flash files live and DEL them by filename. If they refuse to delete run ATTRIB -r -s -h and then DEL them.
Ex: Say the old Flash files reside in this directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
When you log onto your C: drive (Option key #1), you may be at C:\WINDOWS>. You would type the following command to get to the Flash subdirectory:
CD system32\Macromed\Flash
(Press the Enter key to go there.)
Once the prompt says "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash>" type DIR and press Enter. You will see a DIRectory listing of all the files in that subdirectory. Look at the printout of the bad files and match the file names with those in that subdirectory. If all the named files are to be deleted try running "DEL *.*" If that is not allowed you will have to type each filename after the DEL command, as in: DEL flash6.ocx
Remember to use the ATTRIB command to remove protective attributes like -R (read only) -S (System file) and -H (Hidden), if they files refuse to be deleted.
When you have deleted all offending files (very carefully), type EXIT at the prompt and your computer will restart.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
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