{"id":2473,"date":"2011-04-01T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T09:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2011-04-01T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T09:50:37","slug":"chrome-browser-provides-warnings-for-out-of-date-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/chrome-browser-provides-warnings-for-out-of-date-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome Browser Provides Warnings for Out-of-Date Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Chrome browser has added a built-in check for plugins to determine which are out of date. If it finds out-of-date plugins, the browser <a href=\"http:\/\/googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/chrome-warns-users-of-out-of-date.html\">displays a graphic inviting users to update them<\/a>. The out-of-date plugin will not run by default, though users will have the option to use it if they wish. A button will allow users to update the plugin, though it&#8217;s not clear whether this button will take users to the appropriate web pages for all plugins.<\/p>\n<p>This is a valuable initiative that can protect users from vulnerabilities in common plugins, such as Flash, Java and others. Since these plugins don&#8217;t always alert users to new versions, this may prevent them being attacked by zero-day exploits. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/out-of-date-plugin-chrome-600x218.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"out-of-date-plugin-chrome\" width=\"600\" height=\"218\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2474\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can, of course, follow the Mac Security Blog to be alerted to security updates for the most common plugins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Chrome browser has added a built-in check for plugins to determine which are out of date. 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