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Mozilla To Protect Adobe Flash Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the helping-those-who-don't-help-themselves dept.

juct writes "Beginning with versions 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 of Firefox, Mozilla is going to check the version of installed Adobe Flash plug-ins and warn users if it discovers an outdated version with potential security holes. Mozilla confirmed this new security feature and said that the Flash version check was part of a wider commitment to 'protect users from emerging threats online.' Just recently, a study confirmed that 80 per cent of users surf with a vulnerable version of Adobe's plug-in."

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  1. And Good For Them! by Toad-san · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've found replacements for Adobe Reader and Real player (Foxit and Real Alternative), but couldn't find a replacement for the Flash player (alas).

    This is better than nothing. I have Flash (and all other scripts) turned off by default in my Firefox browser, but am still forced to use it to see some things.

    Yeah, I know the troglodytes won't understand the warning, but it might give them the slightest clue that something's wrong.

  2. Automatic updates by chrisgeleven · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am really surprised browser makers aren't doing automatic updates for plugins like Flash. That is really the only way to keep them up-to-date.