@EasierPC ED normally would bring this point up. Yes.... SECURITY is easier to control on the PC/OS/Browser side. Your Firefox Browser doesn't use Active X, as it's Security control either. The addons though are a nice feature to give control to YOU the owner and user of your equipment and OS. But he didn't mention that QuickTime with 27 vulnerabilities had a far higher ratio of Security problems and it too uses MS's Active X Control for Security. So I'll explain it here.
On IE and even in other browsers on Windows, you must have an Active X Component installed for it to even work. For over 10yrs, Active X has been a thorn in Security Experts sides. It is the ONLY way ANYONE can claim FLASH is insecure. Otherwise..... I would have FLASH Security Issues on Linux and Macs. Which nobody does!
Symantec's reports specifically target "Remote Code Execution" problems on Windows Operating Systems Only. Having nothing to do with a player that only carries out what it's told to do according to Microsoft's own Security Authentication that is just plain schizt in Active X!
The culprit is again (as has been for over 10yrs).... ACTIVE X and some VBScripting components from Microsoft. That are not controlled or even written by Adobe for Flash. It is after all simply a player (like any other) within a container file. They can tell Microsoft, their Security components in Active X sucks all they want (just like the NSA and everyone else tells them), every year and they've just never done anything to change that!!!
Sorry ED but you are totally mis-presenting who the culprit is and who's really in control of FLASH Security in this story!
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