Adobe software updates: October 2016

Adobe announced new versions of Flash and Reader/Acrobat yesterday.

Flash 23.0.0.185 fixes twelve vulnerabilities in previous versions. The new version also adds some new features, but these are likely only of interest to developers. If you still have Flash enabled in any web browser, you should either update it immediately, or disable Flash in the browser. As usual, Chrome will update itself with the latest version, and Internet Explorer and Edge on Windows will get the new Flash version via Windows Update.

New versions of Reader/Acrobat (XI, DC Classic and DC Continuous) address a whopping seventy-one vulnerabilities in previous versions. If you use a web browser with an Adobe Reader add-on, you should either update it as soon as possible or disable that add-on.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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