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Adobe says this vulnerability is being used by hackers, although for very targeted attacksphishing, in other words.

Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system, Adobe says in its security bulletin.

Trend Micro, which discovered the flaw, says that targets are receiving phishing emails with URLs that look like news articles, sent to several foreign affairs ministries from around the globe.

I dont work for a foreign affairs ministry and you might not either, but nothing is stopping other hackers from taking advantage of the same flaw.

We all like to think were smart enough to avoid phishing scamsand Im sure you are And wed like to think Adobe will get this patched soonthe company says it hopes to do that next week.

But if you really want to be safe from this flaw, and the next, and the next, and the next, theres one foolproof step you can take: Uninstall Flash.

How to uninstall Flash To get Flash off of your Mac for good, youll need an uninstaller from Adobe.

There are distinct versions for OS X 10.6 and later, for 10.4 and 10.5, and even one for 10.1 to 10.3.

If you arent sure, just click the Apple logo in your menu bar and select About This Mac.

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The popup window will say.) Click its link to download it to your Downloads folder.

When you launch the uninstaller from your Downloads folder, it runs, and you have to click Uninstall.

Just in case you launched the uninstaller but didnt want to uninstall anything, I guess.

After you enter your account password, youre prompted to close all your browsers.

The uninstaller will do its thing and let you know when its done.

Once its finished, Adobe recommends you delete a couple of folders from your Library too.

To open your home directorys Library folder, go to the Finder, click Go in the menu bar, and then hold down the Option key to make the Library folder appear in the drop-down menu.

Open it, and then find and destroy these two folders: LibraryPreferencesMacromediaFlash Player.

If you ever want to get Flash again, just re-download the latest version directly from Adobe.

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