Disable Shockwave Updater

[Bobbye]

I'm noticing very long strings loading on machines in the HijackThis log. The string begins with:

Shockwave Updater

It appears to put a new icon in the Notification Area. I strongly suggest this auto-updater be disabled as follows:

From Adobe:

How to disable the auto update setting in Shockwave

When the Adobe Shockwave player is installed, there is an option to auto update. If this option is enabled, the Shockwave player will periodically ping an Adobe server. If there is new Shockwave content, a prompt will appear asking permission to update the Shockwave player. This setting can be changed after the Shockwave player is installed by going to the context menu of a Shockwave movie. When this setting is disabled, the Shockwave Player will not ping the Adobe server, and no updates will occur.

To disable the auto update settings for Shockwave, follow the steps below:
1 Navigate to the Shockwave Welcome page:http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
Note: The context menu can be accessed from any Shockwave movie if the context menu has been enabled by the author, but this URL was provided to simplify the process.
2 Windows: Right click the Shockwave movie.
Macintosh: Control+click on the Shockwave movie.
3 From the drop down menu choose "Properties".
4 Uncheck the box next to "Automatic Update Service" to disable the auto update feature.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/166/tn_16683.html

Due to it's recent appearance, I'm guessing this has been caused by a recent update. It does not need to run automatically.

 

[kimsland]

Above link is broken

Shockwave Uninstaller: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/uninstall/win/sw_uninstaller.exe

Shockwave Player download: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

How to disable the auto update setting in Shockwave: http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_tn_16683_en-us

 

[Bobbye]

kimsland, I just left the instructions for how to disable the update setting!

About the link- amazing how quick they go. The link was good when I left it. I was coming back to leave some of what you did:

Flash player is known for leaving behind old insecure files. It is better to clean out the entire entry, uninstall, then reinstall:

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  1. Download the Flash Player Uninstaller and save it to your desktop.
  Choose the Flash Player Uninstaller for you browser: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
  
  2. Double-click the setup and run the uninstaller program.
  
  3. Reboot your computer to complete the uninstall.
  
  4. Download latest version of Flash Player HERE and save to the desktop.
  
  5. Double click the setup and run to install. Reboot when through.

Once the new version is installed, follow the directions to disable the auto-updater.