[WinAppUpdates-Announcements] BES Auto Notification: New Fixlets Published in Fixlet Site: 'Updates for Windows Applications'

[Notification of New Windows Application Messages]

Fixlet Site - 'Updates for Windows Applications'
Current Version: 1076	Published: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:21:08  GMT

New Fixlets:
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Title: Flash Player 27.0.0.170 Available - PPAPI
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091346
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of the Flash Player Plugin (27.0.0.170) for PPAPI. Use the action below to update Flash Player to the latest version. 

Important Note: If the Flash Player is running, a pop-up message may be displayed prompting the user to reboot their computer once the update is complete. The action will not complete until the prompt is closed. To prevent this behavior, you may want to deploy this action with the user constraint "Run only when no user is present" or display a message box before action execution instructing the user to shut down all web browsers before applying this update.

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Title: Flash Player 27.0.0.170 Available - Plugin-based
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091348
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of the Flash Player Plugin (27.0.0.170) for Netscape-based browsers. Use the action below to update Flash Player to the latest version. 

Important Note: If the Flash Player is running, a pop-up message may be displayed prompting the user to reboot their computer once the update is complete. The action will not complete until the prompt is closed. To prevent this behavior, you may want to deploy this action with the user constraint "Run only when no user is present" or display a message box before action execution instructing the user to shut down all web browsers before applying this update.

Important Note: For the update to take effect immediately, choose the "Close Firefox and upgrade the Flash Player." action. The action will close any running instance of Firefox on the client machines. Schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable.

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Title: Flash Player 27.0.0.170 Available - Internet Explorer
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 1091357
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Fixlet Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer
Fixlet Link: http://www.sans.org/top20/#c4

Fixlet Description: Adobe has released a new version of Flash Player (27.0.0.170) for Internet Explorer. Use one of the actions below to update the Flash Player ActiveX control to the latest version. 

Important Note: There are two different installer packages for deploying this version of Flash Player ActiveX. Both will update your Flash Player to the latest version.

Important Note:  For the update to take effect immediately, choose the "Close Internet Explorer and deploy the Flash Player ActiveX .EXE Installer." action. The action will close any running instance of Internet Explorer on the client machines. Schedule the update to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable.