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Secunia flagged this program as insecure:

Flexnet Publisher

This program was detected as Insecure, it is strongly recommended that you apply the latest security patch from the vendor of the program.

The version detected of FlexNet Publisher 11.x was 11.10.0.2 while the latest version including one or more security fixes is 11.10.1.0.

I did download the solution, but the installer says i already have an instanced in the default folder. ive not encountered this sort of update problem before so i aborted the install so i could ask for help here.

here is the log of what happened that appeared on my desktop
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Thu Mar 29 19:37:37 CDT 2012

Free Memory: 2104 kB
Total Memory: 15872 kB

java.class.path:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData\IAClasses.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData\Execute.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\Windows\InstallerData\Execute.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData\Resource1.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\Windows\InstallerData\Resource1.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\Windows\InstallerData

ZGUtil.CLASS_PATH:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData\IAClasses.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData\Execute.zip
    C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\InstallerData

sun.boot.class.path:
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\resources.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\rt.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\sunrsasign.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\jsse.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\jce.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\charsets.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\modules\jdk.boot.jar
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\classes

java.ext.dirs:
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext
    C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\lib\ext

java.version                  == 1.6.0_31 (Java 1)
java.vm.name                  == Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
java.vm.vendor                == Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.version               == 20.6-b01
java.vm.specification.name    == Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor  == Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.specification.version == 1.0
java.specification.name       == Java Platform API Specification
java.specification.vendor     == Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.specification.version    == 1.6
java.vendor                   == Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url               == http://java.sun.com/
java.class.version            == 50.0
java.compiler                 == null
java.home                     == C:\Program Files\Java\jre6
java.io.tmpdir                == C:\DOCUME~1\Helena\LOCALS~1\Temp\
os.name                       == Windows XP
os.arch                       == x86
os.version                    == 5.1
path.separator                == ;
file.separator                == \
file.encoding                 == Cp1252
user.name                     == Helena
user.home                     == C:\Documents and Settings\Helena
user.dir                      == C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\Windows
user.language                 == en
user.region                   == null
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Installed Feature(s) Server of FlexNet Publisher License Server Manager

Install Begin: MARCH 29, 2012 7:35:59 PM CDT
Install End: MARCH 29, 2012 7:37:05 PM CDT

Installed by InstallAnywhere 12.5 Enterprise Build 4181

INSTALLATION WAS CANCELLED BY USER DURING PRE-INSTALLATION

User Interactions
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#Choose Install Folder
#---------------------
USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files\\FlexNet Publisher License Server Manager

Summary
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Installation:  Cancelled during pre-install.

2 Successes
0 Warnings
0 NonFatalErrors
0 FatalErrors

Action Notes:

None

Install Log Detail:

Check Disk Space:         C:\Program Files\FlexNet Publisher License Server Manager
                          Status: SUCCESSFUL
                          Additional Notes: NOTE - Required Disk Space: 28,806,326; Free Disk Space: 249,287,946,240

Custom Action:            com.zerog.ia.customcode.rules.IsAdminAction
                          Status: SUCCESSFUL

INSTALLATION WAS CANCELLED BY USER DURING PRE-INSTALLATION

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the program wants me to create a new folder....so thats what stopped me


This related thread from the secunia site just royally confused me:
http://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/11356/unnable_to_aply_the_patch

so what do i do?

Thank you. I'll do just that.  The download I got from Secunia just didn't seem like anything normal.

Because of the change to Secunia PSI, some people have switched to the FileHippo.com Update Checker.

Re:  FileHippo vs. Secunia

Secunia only provides information regarding security updates.  It does not include program updates.

Re:  Secunia forum thread

What makes me a bit uncomfortable about the Secunia forum thread is that it is from last year   One thing that Maurice Joyce said in that thread:

Adobe Premier Elements 8 & 9 certainly work without FlexNet Publisher being installed. Tried & tested.

Reading further, there was apparently a problem with the initial Secunia solution of pointing to the page for vendors using InstallShield.

According to Secunia rep, M.Hansen,

This Hot Fix must be applied to lmadmin version 11.10. If you are using an older version of lmadmin, you must replace it with version 11.10, and then apply this hotfix.

It also must be Run as Admin.  Some people had success, other didn't.

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Do you have the latest version of Flexnet Publisher installed?  Is that the only issue you have?  I note the initial post in this thread points to a user directory in temp: 

user.dir                      == C:\Documents and Settings\Helena\Local Settings\Temp\I1333067742\Windows

It also references an old Java release (although Java has been updated since your initial post).

My Java is now updated.

Ack. I installed the wrong update. I went to the download link at the end of this update notice:
http://www.landzdown.com/general-software-news-updates-discussions/sun-java-runtime-news/msg153907/#msg153907

and didn't notice that it was Java7 instead of Java 6, which is what I had. So i installed jre-7u4-windows i586.exe   

How do I fix this?  I'm assuming I can uninstall it and then add the Java 6 update? but  I can't find a link to download the update for Java 6 Ok, found it.    Why is this updating process so complicated?
 *asks rhetorically while tearing out hair*.

:O   I don't remember seeing  that page before.     I must seem like an idiot to y'all.

  That certainly looks more like a normal update installer.  But I'm still confused.  Is the Tier 1 the  the right download?

And about Java...I thought Java7 was a beta.  So it is a main version?  If so, then I do want to switch to Java 7.   I installed the Java7 update, and it said..installing Java.  So does that mean by installing it, I also changed to Java7? or do I have to download something else?  Should I uninstall everything, or just use the JavaRa when I'm done?

Version 7 of Java was released a few updates ago, although, as indicated above, version 6 is still supported.  Check add/remove programs to ensure that version 6 was removed. 

As to Flexnet Publisher, I really don't know what to tell you.  From the pages I read, it is licensed software.  From what I saw in the Secunia thread and I gather from your posts, it is somehow related to the Adobe software you use.  Yet, as I quoted above:

Adobe Premier Elements 8 & 9 certainly work without FlexNet Publisher being installed. Tried & tested.

Do you use FlexNet Publisher?  Do you have or need a license for it?  Did it come as part of the Adobe software?

Ran into an issue when I tried to remove Java 6 update from my control programs:

http://z3.ifrm.com/2/81/0/p451700/screenAddRemove.png

How should I get rid of it?

I ran JavaRa and it says it removed the Java 7 - 4  update, but it's still showing in my control panel.
http://z3.ifrm.com/2/81/0/p451701/JavaRaLog.txt

Did I corrupt something?