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Forum Thread: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not
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| jshiii | Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not |
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11th Jun, 2011 03:18 |
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Ranking: 1 Posts: 5 User Since: 24th Sep, 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
My scan today showed Google Chrome as being an earlier version, 11.0.696.77, and not the currently installed 12.0.742.91? I double checked the version of Chrome and the installed version was the newest version (12). However, I downloaded and installed the updated version from Google. I then re-scanned my PC and the program was no longer showing up in the scan results as End-of-Life? James Santa Barbara CA |
| jckinnick | RE: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not | ||||||||
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11th Jun, 2011 10:54 | ||||||||
| Score: 4 Posts: 114 User Since: 21st May 2010 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
Mine did the same thing i didn't install anything though because when i check for updates in chrome it said it was up to date. | ||||||||
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| Anthony Wells | RE: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not | ||||||||
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11th Jun, 2011 12:34 | ||||||||
| Score: 2329 Posts: 3,205 User Since: 19th Dec 2007 System Score: N/A Location: N/A Last edited on 11th Jun, 2011 12:42 |
Hi , You do not need to reinstall if you do not wish to ; the Chrome internal/silent updates always leave the previous version behind ; it will display as a "zombie" file as an "insecure" or "EOL" version depending on it's actual status . Here is a copy of one of my posts :- QUOTE : 1) EOL : this is the PSI's way of displaying the old platform when there is a platform change :ie: 11.x to 12.x has just occurred and 11.x versions show as EOl . 2)Manual update : In the past if you run a manual update with a downloaded installer , the older versions of the same platform are all removed and you just have the new one . 3)Auto silent update or update initiated via the "spanner *About* link" : this leaves the previous version behind ; if it is not a security update you will see the old version as a "zombie" file , but a "security" update will likely display the "insecure" version at the top of the scan results page . At platform change , the old platform's "last" version is eventually left behind "permanently" and displays as EOL . 4)Channel change : only one Channel per user for the Stable , Beta and Dev versions so changing channels removes all the other channel versions . Canary is allowed to be installed alongside . 5)Old_exe and older version files : I have only just come across this (old_exe) and since my post above , in my Canary directory I now have no old_exe version as a new_exe version has taken it's place , but I still have two .exe files . Dev still has just the one*** . In the past , any older .exe file versions would/will still only load the latest browser installed ; this is the case for my Canary installation . This would concur with the info from Google that the old version folder and it's .dlls are "technically" disabled ; so leaving the old .exe version behind would follow Google logic as we know it . 6)False positive : the PSI displays whatever it can see , find and get it's hands on ; whether the "insecure" findings are a "real" security risk depends .... ; hence zombie files and EOL platforms , etc . UNQUOTE To remove the old version files , click the [+] to the lhs of the old version display , click the yellowish folder icon without the red blob found to the left end of detected instance ; this will show you (in Explorer) the old version folder numbered and blue highlighted , right click and delete . Hope that is clear enough . Anthony -- It always seems impossible until its done. Nelson Mandela |
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| Tito335 | RE: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not | ||||||||
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13th Jun, 2011 06:07 | ||||||||
| Score: 0 Posts: 42 User Since: 7th Jun 2011 System Score: N/A Location: EG Last edited on 13th Jun, 2011 06:30 |
so what is the cure for that in a simple way as i have the same issue but i did a lot of stupid thing i found in my psi two things need to be updated (sun java jre1.6.x/6.x and 2 google chrome) 11.x (end of life) and 12.xx and i clicked the update for java and for google: first - ichecked programs in control panel and found only one so i hit (install solution) and it redirected me to google so i choose the language and hit accept and download and the allowed the program and when loading started amessage appeared:(google chrome installer) installation failed . the google chrome installer does not support installing with adminstrator privileges. so i opened the google browser >tools>about and a green check mark was ther with up to date 12.xxxxxxx so what's that? why didn't it reinstall google? also i found this amoung the programs in psi :microsoft mailicous software removal tool 64-bit. what's that ? it's not listed among my control panel programs. screen shots http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/googlepro... http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/googlewas... http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/psijava.j... |
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| annac | RE: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not | ||||||||
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13th Jun, 2011 10:11 | ||||||||
| Score: 1 Posts: 1 User Since: 13th Jun 2011 System Score: N/A Location: US |
James I think you should check that your other application is also updated and they go along with they support the End-of-Life version. I found this link too. Hope it could help. http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py... |
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16th Jun, 2011 21:27 | ||||||||
| Score: 2329 Posts: 3,205 User Since: 19th Dec 2007 System Score: N/A Location: N/A Last edited on 16th Jun, 2011 21:31 |
Hello Tito , If you read my post again you will see that using the PSI update link you do a full reinstall ; using the "spanner" to check/update your version saves you hassle and most times the update is done automatically/silently by the browser itself but you appear to have an error window preventing one or the other ; in this caes it might be the manual option , as the "spanner" had done it's job . I do not know why , so I suggest you pose the question on the Google Chrome help forum :- http://www.google.com/support/forum/signup?hl=en&u... :"mailicous software removal tool 64-bit. what's that ?" It is what it says it is and is downloaded and runs once (usually) every M$ patch Tuesday :- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx... Hope that answers your questions , if not ask again . Anthony -- It always seems impossible until its done. Nelson Mandela |
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| jshiii | RE: Google Chrome shown as End-of-Life version when it's not | ||||||||
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17th Jun, 2011 21:58 | ||||||||
| Score: 1 Posts: 5 User Since: 24th Sep 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
Thanks for all your input! | ||||||||
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