Site attack in Flash site

Hi one and all,
A client of mine has had 2 sites (both Flash sites) attacked over the last 12 months, so he's been asking: should he go for a static HTML site or stick with a Flash site? Is there ways to make a Flash site more secure?
Would be interested to hear your views/opinions.
Thanks in advance
Pete

What do you mean by "attacked"? and what makes you think it was attacked because it was Flash, or that the same site, in static HTML would not have been attacted?
Just a review in how Web sites work...
There is NO SUCH THING as a Flash Web site... only HTML, PHP, ASP, etc. sites which happen to have some Flash content.
To verify this for yourself, visit ANY site on the Internet which might be called a "Flash site". Look for the file name extension at the end of the Web address...one thing you will NOT see is .swf as the file extension.
You asked for opinions/views right?
Best wishes,
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> resolution or something to detect the screen size and
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