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CCCarole
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Before I empty Trash & do something stupid....

‎01-24-2011 10:14 PM

Secunia has been showing me an End of Life for Macromedia Shockwave Player V. 8 for months now.  I have ignored it because i couldn't find it in Add/remove under Macromedia or Adobe.  Finally realized that by clicking on the + sign next to it in Secunia's scan results, it shows the path for it.  Which is this:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Shockwave 8\SwInit.exe, version 8.0.0.196


I did a search, found it, and moved it to the Trash Folder. Question is:  Can I safely empty the Trash Folder & won't mess up something else in Windows? :smileyshocked:


Secunia is already showing my score at 100%.  TIA

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‎01-25-2011 11:08 AM - edited ‎01-25-2011 11:08 AM

Delete it!  The version of Shockwave I have is 11.5.9r615. That should be the most recent, but if not it's close.

 

To find out what version of Shockwave you have installed, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/

 

For the FlashPlayer, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/



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Re: Before I empty Trash & do something stupid....

‎01-25-2011 11:32 AM

 

LoPhatPhuud wrote:

Delete it!  The version of Shockwave I have is 11.5.9r615. That should be the most recent, but if not it's close.

 

To find out what version of Shockwave you have installed, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/

 

For the FlashPlayer, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

 

Thank you LPP.  Yes, I do have Version 11.5 installed and have Adobe Flash Player 10.1.102.64.  Now will empty my Trash...:smileywink:



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