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Flash, that piece of garbage I'm about to get rid of...
SourceAdobe has issued an advisory warning of a previously undiscovered security vulnerability in Flash Player. The company said Monday the zero-day flaw exists in the latest version of Flash Player, version 16.0.0.296 (and earlier), and if exploited could cause a crash that allows an attacker to take control of the affected system.Windows and Mac users are affected, along with Linux users (version 11.2.202.440 and earlier).
Adobe confirmed it was aware of reports that the flaw was being actively exploited against Internet Explorer and Firefox users running Windows 8.1 and below.
Trend Micro, which contributed to finding the flaw along with Microsoft, said on its blog users should disable Flash until a fix is released.
unfortunately most movies/shows are in flash.
See if I am correct on these assumptions.
I.E. embedded flash is not sandbox
Opera flash may or may not be sandboxed, Opera is based on chromium.
Chromium on Linux may or may not be sandboxed, if you installed pepper flash it is most likely sandboxed,.
Google Chrome in windows & mac has flash sandboxed.
I assume it is still save to watch flash if using Google or Chromium as long as it is sandboxed.
Remove all Flash, Shockwave, and Java and your internet experience will be down to nil.
So the best thing to do, if you're active on the internet, is to keep those things up to date.
One good source for updates on those and other apps, is "File Hippo".
I get their daily update newsletter, with updates on many of the programs I use every day.
Cars kill people, but most of us still drive, every day, or at least often.
It's pretty well impossible to remove everything from our lives that may have some negative aspect.
Cheers Mates!
Just a note flash has been updated to 16.0.0.305 Also, you need flash to watch movies or shows on certain sites, I am not talking youtube,