Adobe Systems has released updates for Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8 & 9 closing the security breaches that could allow computer access, and fixing a but that might have caused emergency program shutdown. This updates is for Acrobat 8 and 9, and the finale version of the software now are 8.2.1 and 9.3.1.
Adobe has released beta versions of it’s AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 software for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. At some point in 2010 the 10.1 Player will also be available for smartphones and other mobile devices, and you can already update it on x86-based netbooks. The player can take advantage of new content-protected, streaming media delivery, and of hardware decoding for H.264 video among some other things, while AIR enables the development of applications for both the browser and the desktop, using the same code, assets, tools and other aspects.
It is highly advised for all users of Adobe Shockwave Player (and there it is used on more then 450 million computers) to update it to the last version 11.5.1.602. Adobe Systems itself classified this update as “critical” as it is fixing 5 vulnerabilities, 4 of which may allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a computer, while the fifth one could lead to a denial-of-service condition. Since the vulnerabilities in operating systems have become something quickly dealt with, hackers tend to use vulnerabilities in third party applications as this one more often. Urgent update is advised by both the Adobe Systems Company and IT specialists.