- This Adobe Flash Player is for Windows and Mac, aiming at web plug-ins, desktop platforms, video game consoles and mobile devices. It enables you to build rich 3D games with animated characters, sizzling graphics and immersive physics. And then you can deliver the games to the web or as standalone players.
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- Of course, with Flash effectively off the Web, sites that offer Flash-based content are now redundant. If there’s any Flash content you really want to save, you’ll need to use an old version of a browser that still supports Flash, download the Flash file (SWF) and use a desktop Flash player (like SWF File Player) to open it.
- If you are working on converting or rebuilding Flash e-learning modules, then you know that today, December 31, 2020, is the end of life for support for Adobe Flash Player. While this work has kept me quite busy this year, I know that there is still old Flash content out there that has yet to be converted.
After 24 years of fun games and abuse by threat actors, Adobe has released their final Flash Player update and thanked everyone for the fantastic content that they have released over the years.
Due to the security bugs and new technology, such as HTML 5, Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Mozilla made a joint announcement in 2017 that they were retiring support for Adobe Flash Player.
The first version of Adobe Flash Player was released in January 1996 and was immediately adopted by developers to create interactive content on the web. For many, the first introduction to an online game was through Flash games strewn across the Internet.
While Adobe Flash Player was immensely popular with users, it was also immensely popular with threat actors who exploited software bugs in the platform to infect users with malware.
Due to the security bugs and new technology, such as HTML 5, Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Mozilla made a joint announcement in 2017 that they were retiring support for Adobe Flash Player at the end of 2020.
In the release notes for the final Flash Player 32 and AIR 32 released this Tuesday, Adobe thanks all the developers and customers for the amazing Flash content they have created over the last two decades.
'Today marks the final scheduled release of Flash Player for all regions outside of Mainland China. We want to take a moment to thank all of our customers and developers who have used and created amazing Flash Player content over the last two decades. We are proud that Flash had a crucial role in evolving web content across animation, interactivity, audio, and video. We are excited to help lead the next era of digital experiences,' Adobe stated in the final Flash Player release notes.
Kill switch blocks all Flash content on January 12th, 2021
Starting in January 2021, all browser developers will remove Adobe Flash entirely from their browser or have already done so. Once it is removed, there will be no way to install Adobe Flash Player again.
This removal includes Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11, and other Chromium-based browsers.
For Internet Explorer, Microsoft has already released the optional KB4577586 update that removes the 32-bit Flash Player plugin built into the browser and Windows. Microsoft Once this update is installed, it cannot be uninstalled.
Microsoft plans on releasing this update via WSUS and Windows Update in early 2021 to perform wide-scale removal of Flash Player.
As a final nail in the coffin, Adobe has introduced a kill switch that blocks Adobe Flash content from running in Flash Player starting on January 12th, 2020.
'Adobe will no longer support Flash Player after December 31 2020, and Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12 2021; Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems,' Adobe warns users.
Once January 12th is reached, even if a browser supports Flash or you explicitly allow a website to use it, Flash Player will no longer load the content.
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| Release Date | Runtime Version | Security Enhancements |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 33.0.0.432 | |
| November 10, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 33.0.0.417 Flash Player (Win 8/10 ActiveX) 32.0.0.445 | |
| October 13, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 33.0.0.413 Flash Player (Win 8/10 ActiveX) 32.0.0.445 | APSB20-58 |
| September 8, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 33.0.0.401 Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.433 | |
| August 11, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.414 | |
| July 14, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.403 | |
| June 9, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.387 | APSB20-30 |
| May 12, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.371 | |
| April 14, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.363 | |
| March 10, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.344 | |
| February 11, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.330 | APSB20-06 |
| January 21, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac) 32.0.0.321 | |
| January 14, 2020 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.314 | |
| December 10, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.303 | |
| November 12, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.293 | |
| October 9, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.270 | |
| September 10, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.255 | APSB19-46 |
| August 13, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.238 | |
| July 9, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.223 | |
| June 11, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.207 | APSB19-30 |
| May 14, 2019 | Flash Player (Win, Mac, Linux) 32.0.0.192 | APSB19-26 |