

With Flash support ending, it will disappear from popular web browsers and websites. Any versions that are older than KB4561600 (which was released in June 2020) will be blocked and no longer function on their own. To clarify, the Adobe Flash Player will be disabled by default as of January 2021. Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to these new open formats.” “In collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash. The official announcement from Adobe back in July 2017 stated the following: Back in 2017, the multinational computer software company known as Adobe announced that they would be ending support and compatibility for one of their longest-running applications: Adobe Flash Player. Like to get your hands dirty, this may end up being the best solution for you.įor Chrome, the most recommended is Flashcontrol.A deadline more than three years in the making is coming to a close at the end of 2020. But if you are conservative about your extension choices, or you don’t InstallingĮxtensions is not always the best solution as they tend to slow the browserĭown. Route of installing an extension/plugin to do the job for you. If you want something quick and painless, then you can go the However, you should consider switching from Edge because Microsoft will be replacing it soon with a version that will be based on Chromium. If you use Microsoft Edge, you can read my post on disabling Flash for Edge. Safari users don’t need to do anything as Flash is disabled by

I am going to focus today on Chrome andįirefox. So it is at the browser level where you must disable it, and That is the point where potential attackers can exploit Although Flash is installed on your computer, the problem isĪctually the browser.
