Adobe Hopes Pop-up Warnings Will Stop Office-Borne Flash Attacks

tsamsoniw writes "In the wake of the most recent zero-day attacks exploiting Flash Player, Adobe claims that it's worked hard to make Player secure — and that most SWF exploits stem from users opening infected Office docs attached to emails. The company has a solution, though: A forthcoming version of Flash Player will detect when it's being launched from Office and will present users with a dialog box with vague warnings of a potential threat."

Comments

Re:Separate the code and the data

[davester666]

WTF is so convenient about having Word being able to display Flash content?

Do a significant/noticeable number of people embed Flash content in their Word documents?

How about Flash just preventing itself from running in non-browsers [and maybe their standalone Flash app]?

Re:Separate the code and the data

[DNS-and-BIND]

I've noticed this in reverse: app reviewers on Google Play complain if the app hasn't been updated in a while - even if it is complete and stable. To the modern user, updating frequently doesn't mean "broken-ass program with lazy programmers", it means "normal".