Adobe Builds Flash Sandbox for Firefox

Adobe Builds Flash Sandbox for Firefox

2/7/2012

Adobe has partnered with Mozilla to build a more secure version of Flash for FirefoxAs with a previous effort for Google's Chrome browser, Adobe wants to make sure that something as simple as watching a movie in Firefox won't mean compromising your PC..

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