Critical vulnerabilities within Adobe’s Flash Player continue to make the news, with now security professionals calling for the demise of the software. Adobe has patched more than twenty Flash vulnerabilities in the last week and issued over a dozen security advisories since the beginning of 2015.
Facebook’s new security chief, Alex Stamos is calling on Adobe to announce an “end-of-life date” for Flash and also to enable web browser “killbits” that shut it off for everyone at the same time.
Mozilla’s Mark Schmidt has also joined in and announced that the Firefox browser will block Flash automatically after the tastes update.
https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/620306791520309248
We couldn’t agree more!
Now, if you have a Mac and want to remove Flash for good, follow the below instructions posted by Appleinsider.
How to uninstall Flash from your Mac
- Verify your OS X version by clicking the Apple icon in the upper left and selecting About This Mac.
- For OS X 10.5 and later — Snow Leopard, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, or Yosemite — download and run this uninstaller.
- For OS X 10.4 and 10.5 — Tiger or Leopard — download and run this uninstaller
How to uninstall Flash from your PC
Open the Start menu (or Start screen in Windows 8), type “Programs and Features” into the search, hit Enter. Find “Adobe Flash Player” in the program list, and double-click to open the uninstall dialog.
