Because Adobe updates without the browser, or launches the browser if it needs to. I see it when I update my Firefox on Windows, and it downloads the file and I later install it. Yes, they are trying to find ways their Flash won't get compromised.
Joan in Reno
--- On Sun, 11/14/10, emailshere < emailshere@dslextreme.com > wrote:
From: emailshere < emailshere@dslextreme.com >
Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] Re: An update to Adobe Flash Flayer is available
To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 12:31 AM
Thank you, RogerX. I appreciate your reply.
But I still don't understand why this pops up when my computer is turned on
but not yet online. If the Adobe system is aware of an update and wishes to
alert its users, why wouldn't it pop up when my computer is online? I was
likely online for 16 hours the previous day. Why would it wait...
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