Urgent warning over 'serious' Windows 7 bug

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Urgent warning over 'serious' Windows 7 bug

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Just found this, hope I'm not too late. BBC NEWS
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So, if you use Chrome on Windows 7, make sure it's up-to-date (Chrome will auto-update, but you can force it to look for updates by clicking the three dots menu and selecting About Google Chrome.
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Thought about mentioning it here, since I know that some/several use Chrome, and since it's being actively exploited. Then I thought that it probably is the most "auto updating" browser, and that it probably was already known. But then there is the catch with 32-bit Windows 7 (so far seen), still no update.

Another article:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/0 ... _zero_day/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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They mention in the first article …."To date, we have only observed active exploitation against Windows 7 32-bit systems,"…
I have a Win 7 32bit on a machine of mine which was sleeping .. I woke it up and the Chrome browser was open already .. I clicked on the top right and it was offering me an update, so I took it.
I had a 64 Bit Win 7 doing some stuff. On hitting the three dots top right on the chrome browser it was offering an update as well, so I took it.
I powered up another 64 Bit Win 7 which was switched off, and on opening the Chrome browser it did not offer me any update. I guess that means it did it on power up?
(All my machines and browsers have deafault settings as far as I know)

( I was doing some experiments on the Win 7 32bit machine which required I had no virus protection temporarily, so the heads up was probably timely for me).
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You can check the version of Chrome in the About Chrome dialog and compare it to the version on your other computers.
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All 60-odd of our Windows 7 Pro 32-bit PCs had their Chrome updates between 5th and 7th March, inclusive.

An alternative to Menu -> About is to look at C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application for a folder with the same name as the update version - far easier for a BATch file to check all those PCs!
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Urgent: Get your Google Browser smackeroo up on standy mo

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On the Win 7 64 Bit machines….
The one that had been doing something for ages and which I took the offered update from was showing..
Version 72.0.3626.121 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit)
The one that I powered up and was not offering me an update had
Version 72.0.3626.119 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit) .. but while I was looking at it, it updated to Version 72.0.3626.121 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit)
I guess that means it took a while to wake up after I powered it up and 72.0.3626.121 is the new one

On the Win 7 32 Bit machines when I looked it showed me
Version 72.0.3626.121 (Offizieller Build) (32-Bit)
While I was looking at it, it said it was checking for updates… after a minute it said.. Google Chrome ist auf dem neuesten Stand … which in the words of Professor Stanley Unwin sounds like Google is Chrome right smackeroo on me the good standy-mo is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY-PEeX5xYY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A quick google search on latest Chrome Browser gives me
Chrome on Windows 72.0.3626.121
Chrome on macOS 72.0.3626.121
Chrome on Linux 72.0.3626.121
Chrome on Android 72.0.3626.121
Chrome on iOS 72.0.3626.101

I also Checked at me C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application and got this----GoogleChromeRightSmackerooOnNewStandMo.JPG : https://imgur.com/BFWQp5R" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So looks like I am OK, got Chrome right smackeroo on the good standy-mo ist
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My interpretation was taken to be a Chrome OS as in Chrome Book????
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