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The urgent advice out there today is to update Flash, because it is constantly being hacked, but you’re better off deleting it - while still enjoying all the Flash you want - and keeping your Mac and PC fully updated at all times.

Adobe Flash continues to be a major threat vector. Short of removing it and missing out on a huge proportion of the web’s video content, proactive patching regularly provides some protection.

Flexera Software, which acquired Secunia, has released its latest Vulnerability Update with IBM no longer topping the list but Microsoft leading it instead.

Private PCs are rife with unpatched vulnerable applications from vendors like Apple, Adobe and Oracle, according to a new research report which reveals the state of security for PC users in a total of 14 countries, including the US.

The fix for a remotely exploitable security vulnerability in Firefox 3.6 has been developed but probably will not be released for another week.