Well, this is your basic nightmare.
After all the care to install the patched version, Secunia noted the old version still present. In the same directory as the new one.
So, I ran the latest Flash uninstaller. The bad item is still there! Trying to drop it in the trashbin, am informed that desktop Gadget(s) are using it. The OLD version.
Kill all gadgets. Run Flash uninstaller. Still not gone.
Reboot. Run Flash uninstaller. Now it is gone. So is the Flash 'auto-update-installed' by Google Chrome.
Reinstall for IE8 and for other browsers, using the Adobe installers, carefully unchecking installation of unasked toolbars. Now Secunia and adobe checker agree I have the new versions.
What are the odds of a casual user actually getting their Flash installation updated to (only) the new safe version?
And of their Windows _accessories_ running that safe version? This was Windows 7.
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