Microsoft Getting Ready to Kill Off Flash Player in Internet Explorer, Edge

We’ve known for a while that Adobe was planning to kill off Flash Player at the end of 2020, and now that we’re literally only a few months away from this deadline, Microsoft is also taking the necessary steps to prepare for it. As one of the world’s largest browser makers, Microsoft plans to begin the demise of Flash Player in its applications in December with Internet Explorer and the legacy version of Microsoft Edge. Both browsers will no longer receive Flash Player security updates beginning with December, while in January, the software will be blocked in the Chromium-powered version of Edge too. Getting ready to say goodbye to Flash “An update titled “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” will be made available via Microsoft Update Catalog, Windows Update and WSUS that permanently removes Adobe Flash Player as a component of the Windows OS devices,” Microsoft explains. “If you wish to remove Adobe Flash Player from your systems ahead of...