Users will also get automatic updates to Flash, via the browsers own auto-update feature, Upson wrote.

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Somewhat ameliorating is that the player can auto-update over the air, so perhaps we'll see these issues addressed without having to involve a PC.

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Most anti-virus programs come with an auto-update option.

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We haven't seen the prompt ourselves, but Liliputing has some screenshots of it (shown above) and is reporting the update auto-downloads and notifies you when its ready to be installed.

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