Ensure you got the current Flash Player after installing XP SP3

One of my co-admin at Calendar of Updates forum is reporting that the Windows XP SP3 replaced the up-to-date flash.ocx (this is Flash Player's file and is located in C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\flash.ocx) with older version which is v6.

Users should make sure that their flash.ocx is the current version.  You can run Secunia Software Inspector online or using the Secunia PSI to check what version of flash.ocx you got AFTER you've installed XP SP3.

You can also try to determine what version of Flash Player you have by going to "About Flash Player".  You should see: 

You have version 9,0,124,0 installed (this is currently the lastest version of Flash Player). 

You can right-click also the flash.ocx located in System32\Macromed folder and check what version you got after installing SP3 of XP.

Published Sun, Jun 1 2008 21:38 by donna

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Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:16 PM by xp s

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Monday, June 02, 2008 11:49 AM by Alun Jones

# re: Ensure you got the current Flash Player after installing XP SP3

As I mentioned in email, the file flash.ocx is not being replaced or overwritten, because in a current installation of Flash, it doesn't exist. The true file name in a current installation is flash9e.ocx - SP3 is restoring a file that came with Windows, but is not registering that file, so you are not vulnerable to old Flash exploits.

Of course, there's little to no reason to keep that file, you should be safe to just delete it.

Monday, June 02, 2008 11:54 AM by Alun Jones

# re: Ensure you got the current Flash Player after installing XP SP3

Woops - sorry, make that Flash9f.ocx.

Monday, June 02, 2008 12:14 PM by CristianoFino.NET

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