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How to Disable Protected Mode of Flash Player in Firefox

Posted by Techdows on Jun 9th, 2012

Today we’ve covered that Flash Player 11.3 has been released by Adobe with Protected Mode by default for Firefox. Sandboxed Flash Player running in Firefox prevents your system from attacks from malicious SWF files, but, if you’re... More of this article »

Flash Player Sandbox for Firefox (Public Beta) Launched by Adobe

Posted by Techdows on Feb 7th, 2012

Google Chrome already has sandboxed flash player, Adobe now trying to bring that technology to other browsers, yesterday Adobe launched public beta of Flash Player Sandbox (aka “protected mode) for Firefox browser. Flash Player protected... More of this article »

How to Turn off/disable Protected Mode in Adobe Reader X [Updated]

Posted by Techdows on Nov 19th, 2010

Protected Mode in Adobe Reader X is enabled by default and malicious PDF documents can’t launch arbitrary executable files or write to system directories or the Windows registry inside sandboxed layer. Let us take a look at how to... More of this article »

Adobe Reader to add “Protected mode” with Sandbox Technology to Prevent attacks

Posted by Techdows on Jul 20th, 2010

Good news for Adobe Reader users, Adobe Reader will soon have “protected mode” for readers powered by Sandboxing technology to prevent malicious attacks through PDF files said by Brad Arkin, director of product security and Privacy... More of this article »