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Two updates to completely remove Flash Player

Two updates to completely remove Flash Player

It’s been official since December 31st: The Flash Player plugin is officially dead and buried! In its next update for Windows 10, Microsoft will help you get rid of it.

Flash player

In early December, Adobe released a final update Flash player. The author had the opportunity to announce on December 31, 2020 that this was the last before total support ceased. It should be noted that the end of the plugin has been in contact with Adobe since June 2017.

Two updates to Flash Fire

Surely Windows 10, Microsoft has used an optional update to remove the Control Panel module on Windows and Windows servers. However, keep in mind that this does not affect Flash Player as a browser plugin.

The second update scheduled for this month will remove Flash from Microsoft Edge. For recording, Apple, Google and Mozilla have already removed Flash Player from Safari, Chrome and Firefox respectively.

Note that on January 12, Adobe will block all content streaming through the player. This means that many websites that are not updated will stop working. This has become obsolete for the entire bibliography of online games based on this technology.

Flash Player Control Panel

Standards Flash are the best

Launched in 1996, Flash Player has won over web developers looking for dynamic websites. However, looking at its popularity, the reader has become a significant attack vector. Some malicious hackers exploited the victims, while others disguised themselves Malware In the guise of fake updates.

We can only imagine that these latest attacks will continue to be used by less informed Internet users. In addition, since Adobe has discontinued all support, it may not take long for some to detect new vulnerabilities that allow the victim to take control of the machine. For this reason, uninstalling Flash is especially important.

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The web today is powered by standard technologies managed by the W3C consortium. That’s why Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has publicly rejected the Flash Player, justifying its absence on the iPod.

Very nostalgic can return Chatter, Flash Player emulator written in Rust. OK, so what?