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Flash also comes with McAffee (or some other bundleware). I wouldn't be surprised if the reason why they haven't made a proper auto-updater is because of that.
by Coding_Cat 11y ago
Flash also comes with McAffee (or some other bundleware). I wouldn't be surprised if the reason why they haven't made a proper auto-updater is because of that. That they'd miss out on those miniscule profits they get from that.
- kijin 11y agoYeah, I've been wondering why Adobe sticks to a "visit our website and manually download the new version" update model in this day and age. I think you found the answer. If you keep ignoring the update prompt, Flash will quietly update itself after 45 days. That's long enough for every interested party to pwn your machine.
- Karunamon 11y agoThis right here pretty much kills any sympathy I had for Adobe in this matter. They sit on their hands for far too long when vulns are announced, and when they do get updates out, they use a completely backwards and useless update model in the name of extracting a few pennies per user.
- proactivesvcs 11y agoah yes good point! I've used a different install method for so long I forgot that. So again, tantamount to crime.