SOLVED Do we remove all Flash files and other outdated / past supported software.

[Mothie]

With flash now ceasing to be supported anymore, what is the procedure with dealing with this software? Alternatively, will Microsoft issue a patch to sort the problem out?

Additionally, there may be other Adobe software that needs looking at also. Any advice on this is most welcome.

Mothie

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Mothie,

I think you might be better off asking Adobe directly, Flash Player is closed source (I assume) so MS wouldn't be able to patch it unless Adobe allow them to?.

Adobe Help Center

 

[BigFeet]

From my understanding, you'll need to manually uninstall the flash extension for firefox and other browsers. I believe chrome took it out with it's last update. I think Microsoft pulled support for Edge with the last CU.

 

[davehc]

I believe it has, or is about to be, disabled from Firefox also.

But, See this:

Adobe Flash Player End of Life

Adobe Flash Player End of Life general information

www.adobe.com

 

[Bighorn]

Might check this page from May 2020 and its Test:

Flash Player Help

Step-by-step guide to help test if Adobe Flash Player is properly installed on your system. If it isn't, you'll find links to additional troubleshooting resources here.

helpx.adobe.com

 

[Mothie]

Many thanks to you all for your help.
I checked out all your submissions and have now removed Flash via adobe via davec's "Adobe flash Player End of Life" post where there is an Adobe Uninstaller.
Problem solved thanks to all your help.
keep well and safe.
Mothie.