Of things to be afraid of as an infection vector, Flash is near the top
of the list. However, it almost impossible to use the net without
needing it at least some times. What I do for Firefox is go to "Tools
-> Add-ons -> Shockwave Flash and set the option to "Ask to activate".
This will speed up your web usage somewhat since most users of Flash are
obnoxious, animated ads. If Flash is turned off they can't run and
don't use any CPU or bandwidth resources. But if there's something you
really want to see that requires flash you can turn it on for that site
either one time or always. I never turn it on except for one time
usage. Who knows whether your trusted web site of today is infected
tomorrow. I think the strategy minimizes your change of catching
something from Flash. I think Adobe may finally be getting it under
control as the update frequency for security bugs is getting less
frequent... but still not exemplary.
Also see the control panel for Flash Player and check the settings
there. I make sure not to allow Flash to control my web cam on the
laptop. There may be other things you may want to disallow. What you
change from the control panel goes for all web browsers, not just Firefox.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/9/2014 3:06 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
Thus,
my question: Flash better than AIR?
:-)
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