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約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

ご指名質問 #5 harvest?

Abodeのプログラミングに重大な欠陥があるとの発表がありました。まずは以下の文を読んで自分のコンピュータをチェックしてください。ところで最後の段落にあるharvestはどんな意味で使用されていますか。Fu-minさん,どうぞ。(UG)
Adobe says the vulnerability potentially enables hackers to take control of affected computer systems. Users running Windows, Macintosh or Linux might all be open to attack. The company is working to fix the problem. In the meantime, users of Reader, Acrobat and Flash are advised to ensure their anti-virus software is up to date."It doesn't really get any worse than a 'zero-day' vulnerability like this," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, a security software company.
AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier 10.0.x versions for Win, Mac, Linux and Solaris
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.262 and earlier 9.0.x versions for Win, Mac, Linux and Solaris
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Win, Mac and UNIX
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Release Candidate does not appear to be vulnerable
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x are confirmed not vulnerable
Source: Adobe
He said that hackers could create a "booby-trapped Flash animation, or PDF" that would give them access to a person's computer, potentially allowing them to harvest personal information or use the machine to send spam messages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10257411.stm