Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32-bit versions) The following information can be used to determine the version of the Adobe AIR runtime that is currently installed on a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux system and one can use it to determine if their system is compromised or not. (The latter requirement avoids the need to prompt the user to shut down those applications before installing the update.) The application will finish launching after update is complete. If the user selects 'Later', the update will be applied the next time an AIR application is launched and no other AIR applications are already running. If the user shuts down any currently running AIR applications (as prompted) and selects 'Now', the update is applied immediately. Once the runtime update is successfully downloaded, AIR will prompt the end user to install the update 'Now' or 'Later'. If an update is available, AIR will download the update in the background.
If so, it contacts Adobe to determine whether or not a new update is available. By default, shortly after an AIR application is launched, the AIR runtime checks to see whether or not two or more weeks have passed since any prior update check.
