Posts by redwolfe_98

Google Chrome will beat Flash to death with a shovel: Why... won't... you... just... die!

i don't understand why some people say "kill flash player".. kill HTML5, not flash player..

Adobe Flash: The most INSECURE program on a UK user's PC

it is incorrect to say that adobe flash player 13 is "EOL".. flash player 13 is an ESR version:

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2014/03/upcoming-changes-to-flash-players-extended-support-release.html

so, just because someone is using FP 13, that doesn't mean it is outdated and unpatched.. FP 13 is a ESR version which will continue to be patched, for years to come..

many people choose to use ESR versions in order to try to avoid having problems.. i myself used the ESR versions of "flash player" for several years (ever since FP 11.x was first released).. it was only last month that i decided to go ahead and install FP build 14.0.0.125, instead of using the ESR version (since there isn't that much difference between FP 13 and FP 14).. and, yes, i have FP build 14.0.0.145, now..

i don't like that the article says that FP is the most insecure program on people's computers.. that statement is misleading, suggesting that using FP is the greatest security-risk to computer-users.. i don't think that you can blame FP for malware-infections, any more than you can blame the browser, or the OS.. the end-user is the problem.. people need to be conscious of the malware-threat and take measures to avoid having their computers infected with malware.. don't blame flash player (or the browser, or the OS)..

Cryptome pulled OFFLINE due to malware infection: Founder cries foul

i think it is BS.. i have never heard of a website taken down due to malcious content being detected on one of its webpages..

i have seen websites taken down by their owners, temporarily, due to malicious content being detected on one of their webpages, while the website was being cleaned up..

i doubt "web.com"/"netsol" would have many customers if they took down websites every time something malicious was detected on one of their webpages.. i am going to try to look to see if "web.com"/"netsol" has ever taken down any other website due to something malicious being detected on one of its webpages..

my guess is that someone with some clout reported the issue to "web.com"/"netsol" and they just had a "knee-jerk reaction" and took down the site without due diligence..