On 11/30/13, Jay O'Brien <jayobr...@att.net> wrote: > On 11/30/2013 3:19 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> Jay O'Brien wrote: >> >>> When I bring up Seamonkey Mail and Newsgroups and then view an >>> incoming message and click on a link in that message, it displays the >>> referred page on top of the Mail and Newsgroups page for a moment and >>> then the referred page goes behind the Mail and Newsgroups page. >>> Subsequent lookups stay on top of the Mail and Newsgroups page. >>> >>> This would not be a problem, except that sometimes the first referred >>> to page is smaller than the Mail and Newsgroups page and disappears >>> completely behind the Mail and Newsgroups page. >>> >>> I would like lookups to always take the focus and stay on top of the >>> page from which I click on a link. I suspect I have something >>> configured wrong, I would like some help. Please? >> >> Sounds like the Flash protected mode issue. >> >> <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Flash_Protected_Mode_issues_on_Windows_Vista_and_above> >> >> Read the rationale first, then try the fix under the heading "Disabling >> Protected Mode in Flash 11.3." >> >> If that doesn't solve it, write back. > > Paul, Thank you, that fixed the problem. Whew. > > Paul or anyone: What are the unintended consequences of disabling > Flash Protected mode by adding 'ProtectedMode=0' to the file > C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg?
I'd guess makes it easier for malware to take over your machine. http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html Overall, the Flash Player sandbox process has been a journey of incremental improvements with each step bringing end-users a more secure environment. We started by supporting Protected Mode within Internet Explorer, which enabled Flash Player to run as a low integrity process with limited write capabilities. From there, we worked with Google on building the Chrome sandbox, which converted Flash Player to using a more robust broker implementation. This release of Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox on Windows takes the Chrome implementation one step further by changing Flash Player to run with job limits on the process. With Flash Player Protected Mode being based on the same technology as Adobe Reader X, we are confident that this implementation will be a significant barrier and help prevent exploits via Flash Player for Firefox users. Take a look at http://secunia.com/community/advisories/search/?search=flash and check how many of those say something along the lines of "potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system" Disabling protected mode removes some [small?] level of protection to your machine. Personally, I'd uninstall Flash before setting ProtectedMode=0 Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
