But if you don’t need Flash, you’ll be better off without it all together.
Those some rules apply today if you need to update. Following another heinous Flash problem last March, I posted details about to update Flash safely on your Mac. To that end, if you absolutely need Adobe Flash to access content on the web that you need, at least make sure you’ve updated to the most recent version. This illustrates that you need to be very careful about what you keep on your computer, and that you may want to periodically rethink the software you have installed.
The ransomware exploit is, for now, limited to users of Windows, but the update has been made to all supported platforms, so it’s an update to essential Flash code, not just something Windows-ish. Word has emerged about a “ransomware” exploit involving Adobe Flash.
