Author: Published April 4, 2016 11:12 am in, In an I outlined how running Silverlight can increase the opportunities for malicious hackers to compromise your computer. There are several ways to protect yourself from these types of attacks, but one thing that’s essential - if you don’t want to completely eradicate Silverlight from your computer - is to keep it updated.
They may be the bane of your digital life, but software updates are crucial to staying safe online, whatever operating system is installed. First, let’s take a look at how you can check whether you’re running the latest - and safest - version of Silverlight. Checking your Silverlight version To check your installed version, visit and wait a few seconds.
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Updating Silverlight Updates to Microsoft Silverlight are provided automatically, alongside the standard Windows Update mechanism. Most consumers would probably benefit from following Microsoft’s recommendation that updates are installed automatically. For more information on Windows Update, take a look at the Microsoft. Removing Silverlight For Windows users, the Silverlight removal procedure is very similar to that of: open the Control Panel and select “Programs and Features” to view your list of applications. Select each of the applications that begin with “Microsoft Silverlight” and click Uninstall.
If you’re on OS X, Microsoft offer step-by-step uninstall instructions.
Years back, when Silverlight was actively developed, you would get a warning as soon as you tried to download silverlight content and your software was outdated, you would then click the Update button and a download would start. Silverlight was retired a while back. It won't even load in Windows 10, under the new browser called Edge.
+ Apple Updates XProtect to Detect Microsoft Silverlight Exploit Posted on January 22nd, 2016 by Following the discovery of a Microsoft Silverlight exploit, Apple has updated its XProtect.plist malware definitions file to version 2073. This update detects the minimum bundle version for Silverlight, protecting Mac users from Microsoft Silverlight 5 before version 5.1.41212.0. The vulnerability that is being exploited is described as follows:: Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41212.0 mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (object-header corruption) via a crafted web site, aka 'Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.' The remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Silverlight 5 (before 5.1.41212.0) “decodes strings using a malicious decoder that can return negative offsets that cause Silverlight to replace unsafe object headers with contents provided by an attacker,” to the Microsoft security team. And to exploit the vulnerability, “an attacker could host a website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application, and then convince a user to visit the compromised website,” often by enticing them to click a link in an email or instant message. Exploit kits are typically based on a 'drive-by download attack' delivery technique, and installation can start silently in the background simply by visiting a website.
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Microsoft confirmed the zero-day (CVE-2016-0034) and issued a patch on January 12, 2016. The update to Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.41212.0 addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Silverlight validates decoder results. With up-to-date malware definitions protects Mac users against the Microsoft Silverlight exploit, detected as W32/CVE-2016-0034. Most importantly, Intego VirusBarrier will detect known malware downloaded with any application, while Apple's XProtect system only functions with files downloaded by certain programs—primarily Apple software, such as its Safari web browser, Mail and iChat applications. This entry was posted in, and tagged,. Bookmark the.