Google is planning several measures to improve the overall security of the browser.The latest version of the Google browser, Chrome, arrived recently with the Adobe Flash Player integrated. This is done partly to ensure that users always have the latest and most secure version of the Flash plug-in, like most of the users would have installed anyway on your own.
It was recently known that Google builds in support for displaying PDF's in Chrome, which means that many people do not need to have Adobe Reader installed.
Both plug-ins from Adobe has recently been hit by many security holes, and the large extent has made it attractive to criminals to attack these holes.
But Google is planning several measures to improve security around plug-ins in Chrome.
In a blog post type members of the Google Security Team that the company at any time will build a protective mechanism in Chrome that will prevent certain outdated plug-ins will run. The solution will also help the user to update the outdated software.
This is a step further than that Mozilla does in Firefox, where it only alerts the user that there are newer and safer plug-ins available. But Mozilla's plug-check service also works with other browsers than Firefox. According to News.com, the upcoming Firefox 4 is also able to update plug-ins automatically.
Chrome will also alert the user if installed, but little used plug-ins suddenly started. Google Security Team thinks this could be a sign of suspicious activity.
Moreover, Google once again called for "Pepper", which is proposed as the next generation of plug interface NPAPI. This will include providing increased performance and stability, but also make it easier to run the plug-ins in isolated "sand boxes".
