Hello, since I updated my shockwave player to ver. 11.6 a couple of weeks ago, I have started getting pop ups on certain web sites asking me to allow shockwave to run on that website. I am given the option to allow on that particular website or allow on all websites. Since I had not gotten the pop ups on previous versions of shockwave I wanted to ask if it is alright to click " allow for all sites" or is it best to do it on a site by site basis. I have noticed that most of my pop ups are on sites such as Amazon, banks and sites were transactions are made. I'm not computer savvy and to be honest, I depend on these forums to keep me on the straight and narrow. Thanks
Hello, since I updated my shockwave player to ver. 11.6 a couple of weeks ago, I have started getting pop ups on certain web sites asking me to allow shockwave to run on that website. I am given the option to allow on that particular website or allow on all websites. Since I had not gotten the pop ups on previous versions of shockwave I wanted to ask if it is alright to click " allow for all sites" or is it best to do it on a site by site basis. I have noticed that most of my pop ups are on sites such as Amazon, banks and sites were transactions are made. I'm not computer savvy and to be honest, I depend on these forums to keep me on the straight and narrow. Thanks
Hi poppy052,
I am surprised that sites are asking you to allow Shockwave - Shockwave is relatively rarely used these days and is only necessary for viewing certain kinds of animation or interactive content. I have never had Amazon or any financial site require Shockwave and it strikes me as odd that they would ever use Shockwave. Are you certain the popups are not about storing Adobe Flash content locally (many banks do use flash cookies to authenticate users)?
Not to muddy waters or barge into another persons thread,-but when one has flash player installed doesn’t it place a shockwave flash item in the browser?
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Not to muddy waters or barge into another persons thread,-but when one has flash player installed doesn't it place a shockwave flash item in the browser?
The Adobe Flash Player browser plug-in is listed as Shockwave Flash, but it is not the same thing as Adobe Shockwave Player, which is an application that will be listed in Add/Remove Programs if you have it installed.
Cool- thanks SoJ
Thanks every one for your input, When I downloaded the newest version of shockwave, there were a total of 9 items that downloaded on my computer according to "download insight" I am pretty sure that they were from Adobe based on Norton's insight scan, Norton stated that they were "good" and "reliable" on each one.
SOJ, when I get the pop ups on certain websites as stated before it says " this webpage wants to run the following add-on, Adobe Shockwave player 11.6 from Adobe systems Inc" so I don't know if it is asking me to allow the flash cookies or not. I had searched the web about shockwave and some have stated it is used on websites that use "shopping carts" I don"t know if that is right though. I had an older version of Sockwave on my computer and thanks to this forum, I read the article from krebs that was recommended on this forum about the security flaw with Shockwave. I then went to the Adobe website and downloaded the latest version 11.6. Everything did fine except now I get the pop ups and I haven't allowed it yet. Thanks
Check your version of Shockwave Player. The latest is 11.6.8.638. If you are running an earlier version, you should uninstall it and download the most recent version from here:
Thanks SOJ, I checked and have the latest version. I had read somewhere in the past couple of days that with the problems with Java, they have set their security settings to high and every time that you load a page that requires Java you get the pop up to allow. Could the same thing be happening with Shockwave? Also, do I need to use a removal tool to remove Shockwave or will using the control panel be sufficient. Thanks again.
Java amd Shockwave are unrelated. There is no special tool needed to remove Shockwave.
Thank you all for taking the time to help. I am going to uninstall, one less worry for someone who is computer challenged.
Yeah, you probably won't miss it - I removed Shockwave Player ages ago and have still not come across a site that needs it since.