Hi John,

THat is scary, flash is turned on by default isn't it? I'm not even sure how to 
disable it? I switched to a Mac so I wouldn't have the security flaws of 
windows :).  Have a wonderful night.

Allison

On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:

> I just attempted to download the flash installer for correcting several 
> (about 30) security  flaws in flash.  Don't bother attempting to install 
> this, Adobe uses a non-standard installer that has no buttons to push and no 
> labels to speak of.  If you are concerned with the security of your machine, 
> I suggest you remove Flash from the Internet plugins until Apple provides a 
> patch with the new flash.  The  code to break into a  computer (MAC,Linux , 
> or WIndows) using flash is supposed to be available.  I  am basing most of 
> this information on a post from Kreps on Security blog.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jon
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