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Is Flash dead' Player blocked on Firefox over security risk


Tech | 206793 hits | Jul 14 8:44 am | Posted by: andyt
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Mozilla has blocked the Flash multimedia player add-on on its Firefox browser following a security alert from the player's maker Adobe.

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:53 pm
    Funny. I use Firefox. Flash is not blocked on it.

    But yes, Flash died right after it escaped the development lab, leaving a bloody trail of programmers behind it.

  2. by avatar 2Cdo
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:04 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    Funny. I use Firefox. Flash is not blocked on it.

    But yes, Flash died right after it escaped the development lab, leaving a bloody trail of programmers behind it.


    Same. I don't have any issues with it.

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:24 pm
    "2Cdo" said
    Funny. I use Firefox. Flash is not blocked on it.

    But yes, Flash died right after it escaped the development lab, leaving a bloody trail of programmers behind it.


    Same. I don't have any issues with it.

    Whaaaaaat? Reporters have no clue about technology and get things nwrong?

  4. by avatar sandorski
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:49 pm
    Last night my FF stopped allowing Flash. Update Flash and the issue goes away.

  5. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:59 pm
    "sandorski" said
    Last night my FF stopped allowing Flash. Update Flash and the issue goes away.


    It does that from time to time. Nothing to see here, move along, move along. . .

  6. by avatar BRAH
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:16 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    Funny. I use Firefox. Flash is not blocked on it.

    But yes, Flash died right after it escaped the development lab, leaving a bloody trail of programmers behind it.


    Bazinga!

  7. by avatar Winnipegger
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:57 pm
    With the new version of FireFox, even a tiny update to Flash results in the security warning. Even the build number, the last number group in the version. Eg from 18.0.0.208 to 18.0.0.209. Just update Flash.

  8. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:09 pm
    We're removing Flash and Java from our desktops tonight but our users will be able to use them via Citrix if needs be. Seems we've got a scattering of products that require one or both Flash and Java.

  9. by avatar herbie
    Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:55 am
    It's just too hard to click Allow & Remember!
    Just use Internet Exploder or Chrome spyware and you won't have to worry. Heh heh heh...

  10. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:20 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    We're removing Flash and Java from our desktops tonight but our users will be able to use them via Citrix if needs be. Seems we've got a scattering of products that require one or both Flash and Java.


    Java is worse than Flash. We have a number of internal applications that need Java, and the wonderful developers tied the apps to a specific version of Java.

    So, we can't update desktops in the Ministry every time they release a new version, or it breaks all the internal apps. :(

  11. by avatar herbie
    Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:31 pm
    Have to work on those sometimes... stuck on Adobe Reader 9, a certain level of Java, IE only with a 5 page book of settings adjustments if you dare upgrade over IE6...



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