[Ham-Computers] RE: Need some help - b4 I lose the rest of myhair!!

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

IE and Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape (F/M/N) use different "plug-in" technologies.  There is a different Flash player installer for both.  For IE, Flash Player can be installed by going to the Flash Player download page and installing the ActiveX control.  For F/M/N, you need to download the Flash Player installer and then run it as if it were a typical "installable" program - the installer will add a plug-in to F/M/N and also add support files to the \windows\system32\macromed folder (in Windows).  I believe Opera uses the same plug-in as F/M/N, so one install should take care of all as long as the apps themselves are already installed.

BTW, these proceedures hold true for just about any plug-in - if you use more than one browser, make sure to update the plug-ins for each browser - one install may not cover all.


73,

  - Aaron, NN6O


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] RE: Need some help - b4 I lose the rest of myhair!!

Sorry if this a duplicate, but don't think the original was sent Also included some grammar fixes.  Still having a few problems when using Thunderbird.

Hi Aaron:  I'm not sure about what you mean about visiting the web sites of both IE and Firefox when installing the Flash Player update.  Did you mean "if you use IE *or* Firefox"?  I used IE to download and install this link.  It mentioned activX control was needed, and I gave permission.  The update was downloaded and appeared to install ok.  Just to be safe, I reinstalled it using Opera..  I want to pass this update info to a friend, so want to give correct info..

Thanks, Jim



Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal) wrote:
> Just this past tuesday, I spent several hours cleaning up a friends PC 
> that got hit with a similar virus/trojan. 
> Oh, and make sure to update your Flash Player to v9.0.124.0 or newer!
>
> http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-FLASH
> If you use both IE and Firefox, make sure you visit the website with 
> both - IE uses an ActiveX plug-in and Firefox/Mozilla use extensions.
>
>
> Post another message if you need more assistance.
>
> 73 and good luck!
>
>
>   - Aaron Hsu, NN6O (ex-KD6DAE)
>