On Thu Aug-02-2012 12:32, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN> I think I have narrowed the problem to certain sites when I'm
 RN> prompted to update my Flash Player.  I recall letting that happen
 RN> once, but nothing noticeable took place.  I'm only guessing at this
 RN> juncture, but I may well be right. 

 ml> i see this type of thing quite a bit because noscript is blocking
 ml> the flash player stuff for one reason or another... in many cases,
 ml> there's a notice along the lines of "if you can't see the flash
 ml> playing, then you need to update your flash player" and they
 ml> generally provide a link... the thing is that this is an erroneous
 ml> message and they are assuming that one's flash player is too old or
 ml> simply not installed... they are not considering the fact that it
 ml> may be being blocked... once i tell noscript to allow the site
 ml> hosting the flash stuff, then it comes up and works... most of the
 ml> time, though, i tell noscript to temp allow the other site because
 ml> i do not want it allowed all the time from just any domain i may be
 ml> visiting ;)

I had one a little while ago that said it was from Adobe Systems, but I run
WatchDog here and when it popped up, I clicked on the No button so WD
wouldn't let it run.


Regards,

Roger 
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