Also remember, Flash has vulnerabilities that CAN be exploited. Not WILL ALWAYS be exploited, CAN be.

Medicine lists side effects because ONE guy had something happen to him when he took it.

Most virus infections, MOST, not all, come because the end user does something silly like open a link from other than a trusted source. I can remember the phases and waves of junk that went around.

"I'm very upset about Tuesday!"

"Someone has searched for you."

"Is she cheating on you?"

I know SO many people (who have called me to clean their computers) that fall for those leading subjects. My last wife used to fall for that stuff all the time and get her computer infected. ("What was I supposed to do Tuesday???")

<click - launch - infect>

Remember through it all, flash is an Adobe product. Nothing to do with Firefox. Firefox just got tired of the complaints about potential risk. I have yet to see any data saying that Adobe's product is any more susceptible in FF than it is in any other browser. I have seen a lot of opinion and reaction, but no data.

But once again, it's your call what you do on your computer. I suggest a lot of research. Never hurts to learn something new, right?