How to deal with Adobe Flash and Reader vulnerability
27.07.09
— Are at hazard.
Exploits are already in use for the Reader version of this vulnerability. Chances are very good that you are affected by this vulnerability, too — though, like me, some of my readers may in fact be immune to this vulnerability on their primary workstations. There are options to help protect yourself, though. The single most powerful way to protect yourself is to simply uninstall your browser’s Flash plugin and Adobe Reader on your ring.
That may seem drastic, but I think it is time to make a point most people simply do not want to confront: that sometimes, safe keeping means just saying “no” to unsecured software. There are ways to occupation around some of the “need” for these pieces of Adobe software anyway:
If your primary Flash “penury” is YouTube, there are some alternative options. For instance:
You could download YouTube videos with youtube-dl
There is also the alternative of using a Firefox extension such as DownloadHelper to grab Flash video content from the Web. If you run into problems with some low-distinction Flash videos from YouTube whose audio and video do not sync up properly, MPlayer supports .
Source: TechRepublic