Thanks a lot, Chuck.
Quite a valuable advice ...
Fernando.
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 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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