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2008Maria
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August 16, 2008
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How do you remove older versions of flash player?

  • August 16, 2008
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I have uninstalled the flash player and re-installed with the new version, but I am still unable to get rid of version 9.0.115.0. I can not find anything on the adobe site to remedy this. This is my first laptop and don't want any unnecessary vulnerabilities on it. Below is the link to the site where I got my information as well as the"'warning" about the only thing that shows up vulnerable on my computer.

http://secunia.com/advisories/28083/

NOTE: When updating Flash Player, older versions are not always automatically removed from your system. If older versions were detected that you believe should not be present, then please contact the vendor regarding how to remove them from your system.

Thanks for any help.
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    AzDan
    Participant
    November 8, 2008
    I have Macromedia Flash Player versions 4.0.7.0, 6.0.80.0, 6.0.79.0 and 7.0.19.0 on my system and have tried using the Adobe uninstaller multiple time to no avail (does it just uninstall from the browser?). Anyway, I agree it appears these old files may be vulnerable. Why does Adobe make it so difficult to remove old programs? By the way they do not appear in my Windows Add/Remove list. Please give us some specific method to remove them (not just another reference to the uninstaller). Thank you
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    JohnK324
    Participating Frequently
    November 8, 2008
    Internet Explorer may be using it as an Add In. Go to Tools - Manage Add-In - Disable it if it's there. Also what I did is go through the registry and delete any instance of Adobe Flash Player, but that is kind of tricky. You would have to export the registry (save it) and do a find, and find next.
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    JohnK324
    Participating Frequently
    October 21, 2008
    After you uninstall through Add/Remove. Use the adobe uninstaller
    http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=1

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