Which browser are you using (please include version number) ?
Can you give the name of some of these websites ?
Is javascript enabled (for these websites) in your browser ?
I downgraded from Flash 9 to Flash 7. It works fine except when I go to certain flash pages, it automatically updates to Flash 9, without asking me.
Which browser are you using (please include version number) ?
Can you give the name of some of these websites ?
Is javascript enabled (for these websites) in your browser ?
IE 6
I have javascript enabled
The web site it did it on was Neopets.
Thanks for the info. I'll try to see if I can see the problem happen in a similar environment tomorrow afternoon.
I just went to this site, and it downloaded flash 9 automatically, without asking me.
http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2007.html
Another thing it does. When I remove Flash completely, using Adobe's updated Flash uninstaller, then re-start my computer, as soon as I go to a site that has flash, it installs it automatically.
Arf, I had completely forgotten about this. Will install a Virtual PC asap and test ^^
Edit : so, I installed Win98 in a virtual pc and updated it with IE6.
Then I went on the second site you gave (ozzthing...) and got this message you can see on that screenshot : http://pix.nofrag.com/9d/bc/26478729...9af78b188.jpeg
Sorry, it's in french, but there is a checkbox at the bottom that should be saying somehow "always trust content from Adobe Systems..." ... maybe you checked such a box while installing a previous version of Flash, thus deactivating the confirmation message and allowing the updates to be done without warning ?
I never checked such a box so I can't tell you where precisely in the IE settings you may disable such permissions once they are given.
Last edited by Constance; 03-20-2007 at 02:39 PM.
I don't get that box. Nothing came up in my installations to click, or not click.
As far as i know an exe-file named "FlashUtil" (or "GetFlash" in older versions) is responsible for auto-update. Maybe it helps to block internet access for this program with your firewall, or just make a ZIP backup of this file(s), delete them and see what happens. Alternativetly, add the following two lines to your HOSTS file:
127.0.0.1 e526.d.akamaiedge.net
127.0.0.1 fpdownload.macromedia.com
How to:
1. go to folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2. open the file "HOSTS" with any text editor
3. copy and paste the two lines above
4. save the file (without any suffix / extension!) to its original location
This procedure should block all access from your computer to the flash update servers. Good luck!
Last edited by XPY; 03-20-2007 at 09:12 PM.
Thanks, but that didn't work.
This didn't work either.
1. go to folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
(I only have C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers)
2. open the file "HOSTS" with any text editor
(There is no Hosts file)