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I have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked via a security hole in flash. Just another reason to switch to Silverlight
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Yup it's time to do so  shellcodes_coder | 07/29/09
Another reason...  shellcodes_coder | 07/29/09
Adobe Flash uses more CPU....  TalentSupporter | 07/29/09
Silverlight 3 Rocks!  keoz | 07/29/09
That's "I do not think any alternatives will come in the next two decades"  HypnoToad72 | 08/13/09
Correction: Flash *does* actually run in a sandbox  honeymonster | 07/29/09
And...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/30/09
silverlight sucks  paulcampagna.com | 07/29/09
Thanks for an insightful and well-reasoned post (NT)  honeymonster | 07/29/09
Are you minumum wage worker in Adobe ?????  TalentSupporter | 07/29/09
Unemployed is more like it  BFD | 07/29/09
No, I think he's an "Ivy League" graduate  mistermachine | 07/29/09
Still living at home  RIAAsucks | 07/29/09
LOL - That was great! nt  USTechHead | 07/29/09
Sounds like a song  Dr. John | 07/31/09
perhaps not the latest version of Silverlight  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 07/29/09
Start using Opera for per-site preferences  guptasameer@... | 08/14/09
silverlight sucks  Budster1 | 07/30/09
Says the boy...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/30/09
Silverlight is a privacy hole  Paul NY | 07/29/09
Huh?  BFD | 07/29/09
That's what . . .  JLHenry | 07/29/09
What on earth are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/29/09
Time to switch to SilverLight  LBiege | 07/29/09
Get real guys! You're missing something, and the answer isn't HTML5!!  almo70 | 07/29/09
Not *entirely* true...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/30/09
Silverlight is not an answer  putt1ck | 07/29/09
he's right  rparker009 | 07/29/09
Open Source FLP  /A\V/ | 07/29/09
wrong  keoz | 07/29/09
And it never will be.  GOTBO | 07/30/09
Only IE vulnerable  blaacksheep | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  ozguy | 07/29/09
For non-techies Flash is a must. nt  T1Oracle | 07/29/09
Re: For non-techies Flash is a must. nt  almo70 | 07/29/09
You have not idea.  magallanes | 07/29/09
Re: You have not idea.  almo70 | 07/29/09
Ordinary computer users are not going to let go of Flash  T1Oracle | 07/30/09
Flashblock  willt1984@... | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  dreimanis | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  taranfx@... | 07/29/09
Life without flash player  karnok.d@... | 07/29/09
this flaw affects all systems, not only windows!  directory | 07/29/09
only windows  gertruded | 07/29/09
there's nothing prevents to write a working exploit for linux and mac  directory | 07/29/09
hackers are targeting the most used platform, Windows  gertruded | 07/29/09
I'm amazed  AndyCee | 07/29/09
The faulty file is called authplay.dll.  gertruded | 07/29/09
T, FTFY  ye | 07/29/09
some basic common sense  nickdangerthirdi@... | 07/29/09
Dumbed Down users  notsofast | 07/29/09
If your Windows box is "off the I'net" how do you update it?  Jim-MN | 07/29/09
Hacking OS X and Linux  pc_techs_ct@... | 07/29/09
SOLUTION: in IE8 you can authorize Flash only on a restricted list of sites  directory | 07/29/09
A site you * trust * may be compromised which negates any Green Listing N/T  DevJonny | 07/29/09
funny that the same thing is not applied to NoScript's fan-boys!  directory | 07/29/09
NoScript fan right here!..  DevJonny | 07/29/09
How do you know . . .  sporkfighter | 07/29/09
Entrenched insecurity  keebaud@... | 07/29/09
Unfortunately we're stuck with Flash  gertruded | 07/29/09
Don't leave security up to the Folks who write Apps--Use a Sandbox  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/29/09
Never thought I'd see the day when Dietrich advocates Vista.  ye | 07/29/09
Do you ever change Firefox settings?  honeymonster | 07/29/09
Good Discussion but...  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/29/09
Completely agreed  honeymonster | 07/29/09
As much as I would LOVE to get rid of it  Michael Kelly | 07/29/09
Adrian...  mrlinux | 07/29/09
I don't miss flash....  wkulecz | 07/29/09
Might was well use lynx  Duke E. Love | 07/29/09
YES!  kd5auq | 07/29/09
Not so much is it time to dump Adobe as it is time to choose security  ejhonda | 07/29/09
An opinion  honeymonster | 07/29/09
Appreciated, but...  ejhonda | 07/29/09
Dump Adobe?  Duke E. Love | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  PierreCardell | 07/29/09
Firefox embedded video  NCWeber | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  djmik | 07/29/09
It's not just Adobe  jred | 07/29/09
Back in Macromedia's day  j.m.galvin | 07/29/09
My Linux is also affected, but I can't miss Adobe Flash Player  pjotr123 | 07/29/09
Is not affected  putt1ck | 07/29/09
Yes, flash is a resource hog...  JonathonDoe | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  NCWeber | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  Loverock Davidson | 07/29/09
Not just linux  jred | 07/29/09
Just like MLB.TV...  maskman01 | 07/29/09
Both Flash and Silverlight need to be retooled...  nix_hed | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  angiek | 07/29/09
End users don't care. Developers do.  voyager529 | 07/29/09
You're a wee bit off  j.m.galvin | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  marvcohen | 07/29/09
Yes dump Flash....and Silverlight as well...  storm14k | 07/29/09
This really sounds more like a mixed flash/acrobat vulnerability.  D. W. Bierbaum | 07/29/09
In addition, I'm curious about a point of sandbox order...  D. W. Bierbaum | 07/29/09
If I dump it, where will I get my annoying ads  Boot_Agnostic | 07/29/09
It's Time to Dump All of them!  sbarman | 07/29/09
Lynx may make a comeback! happy  D. W. Bierbaum | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  deadguy69@... | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  almo70 | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  almo70 | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  ColdFusion_z | 07/29/09
It's BEYOND TIME to DUMP CRAPdobe!!!!  jimiznhb | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  dobick@... | 07/29/09
DUMP Flash, KEEP Silverlight  Speednet | 07/29/09
Nice troll bait Adrian.  Duke E. Love | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  mggardner | 07/29/09
Silverlight is a good change...  Narg | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  kluvender@... | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  pc_techs_ct@... | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  iMaverick | 07/29/09
What are you going to use instead?  bmeacham98@... | 07/29/09
Exactly my question also !!  ZoltanZ | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  ZoltanZ | 07/29/09
Awwww. Flash is actually the first casuality of the *Microsoft* ATL bug  honeymonster | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  huntja@... | 07/29/09
Hysteria  People | 07/29/09
RE: [UPDATE: Looks like Adobe is blaming Microsoft for the bad code!]  People | 07/29/09
What's Flash ?  Clockwork Computer | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  gkeramidas@... | 07/29/09
I already removed from this browser!  privacy matters | 07/29/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  z3r0_f4ct0r | 07/29/09
"Many eyes" looking at ATL code didn't find the bugs?  PB_z | 07/29/09
Alarmist Noise  sdelamater | 07/29/09
YES!  brokenspokes | 07/29/09
One exception, and that is YouTube.  Grayson Peddie | 07/29/09
Out of the frying pan and  GOTBO | 07/30/09
LOL  satelshawn | 07/30/09
Don't Buy a Mac  Mac_Usah | 07/30/09
So much for the quarterly patch cycle happy (NT)  3dguru | 07/30/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  bradarkin | 07/31/09
Adobe Flash Player 9 & 10 Updates Available  ep-man | 08/03/09
Who cares?  Tony R. | 08/10/09
Beware of Foxit!  macmcf | 08/03/09
Foxit printing is broken  pauliusp | 08/05/09
YES and YES  jpr75_z | 08/05/09
Yes!  Tony R. | 08/10/09
I don't think they "ignored" it for seven months  pwoodruff@... | 08/19/09
RE: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 08/24/09

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