Flash Player Vulnerability
Symantec, an anti-virus developer, has released a statement that the Wii has a vulnerability when it plays a video using Adobe’s Flash player through the Opera browser.
I have not heard about previous vulnerabilities about the Opera browser for the Wii and the article from pcworld did not include any info whether this is the first of its kind or whether there were previous events that have happened before.
This particular vulnerability is not just for the Wii though. Other operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux as well as devices such as smartphones are also affected.
When a Wii user stumbles into this video, his or her console system will freeze. Some users have uploaded videos in Youtube which shows the other effects of the bug.
Wii gamers need to update their Flash player from Adobe’s site to fix the vulnerability.
The keywords “security threat” are also on the original article but it doesn’t say specifically what kind of threats they are. Since it’s a security threat, it would be wise to update your system as soon as possible.
I have a feeling that this will be a norm for Wii users in the future. Maybe the Wii will have a special anti-virus on its own. Who knows.
July 24th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
ummm, how will WE update our Flash? We can’t download stuff from the net to our Wii’s. Nintendo has to update it from a Wii Hardware Update.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:57 am
themetroid is right.. we can’t download stuff like that with wii… i just tried it! ( i’m using wii opera browser to type this right now)
October 9th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
email me if you have any wii flash info at sean_johnson14@msn.com
December 4th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Yo word to motha son , we cant download nuttin and i wanna update ma flash for videos , holla at me if yha find out how to get that poppin good lookin kingkoopa1027@aol.com
December 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
there is no way to upgrade the flash i put a mod chip trying to put flash player 9,sadly it didnt work:(
December 30th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
alright, we need to make it a well known fact that the wii’s flash player needs to be upgraded. the sooner the problem is widely addressed, the sooner nintendo send out a new update, hopefully with video players of other sorts upgraded as well.
typed on a wii: ωΐΐ
January 19th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Dear Lee thanks for the advice HOWEVER yes we need to UPGRADE- when -where -who- what- why- how- if you can answer these questions i will listen until please just keep stateing the obvious lets face NINTENDO has no intention of fixing this problem SOON JONNY B
January 24th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
A friend of mine said you can update flash on your Wii, I tried it and it didn’t work (damn rumors). I thought “maybe you have to do some other shit” so I did a search and a link to this page came up in the results.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Info on Wii flash player update? Thanks.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I have been going crazy trying to update my flash player but to no avail. If nintendo can send out some kind of software that can update our wii’s browser than we can all breathe easy. P.S. I am also posting this on my wii.
June 24th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
we as consumers cant upgrade the damn system so unless u figure out how to do iy just shut up. nintendo has to uppgrade the whole wii internet browser and then put it on the wii shop channel so we have to pay for it. they arent gonna make it possible for us to upgrade it ourselves so just stop asking. go on the nintendos sites and tell them there to put out a new updated browser. sitting here complaining to each other isnt going to solve anything.
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August 13th, 2008 at 7:09 am
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Thanks for interesting post! rfs
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