What Chuck said ...
On 7/18/2015 8:58 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Flash is always under attack since, just like IE, it's the most common thing out there. The most recent flurry of
updates was supposedly caused by the hack of an Italian security firm which had found these Flash vulnerabilities and
kept them to themselves under (insecure) lock and key.
In response to Brian, I doubt that Firefox is the cause of his problems. I don't think that going back to IE is a
solution. At least with Firefox you can install but disable Flash or set it so that you'll be queried if you want to
allow it to run. That's what I do. About 90% of the time allowing Flash to run is only allowing advertising videos
to run. It's usually not required for the content you're interested in. But, if it is, you can allow it on a case by
case basis or for a domain as a whole.
Google supports Flash in Chrome but it's embedded in Chrome and not via a plug-in or add-on. That means that when
Flash needs to be updated your fix comes in the way of an update to Chrome. Google claimed that the way they have
Flash embedded means that Flash stays behind a security sandbox. But these last breaches were supposedly able to
figure their way out of the Google sandbox.
I prefer the Firefox solution. Most of the time I don't allow it to run at all but, if I'm really interested in
something at what I consider a fairly secure site I will allow it.
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