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About that Flash-zapping patch, KB 4577586? One leeetle problem. It doesn’t remove Flash.
Earlier today Microsoft released KB 4577586, the “Update for the removal of Adobe Flash Player: October 27, 2020.” As Susan notes in the entry below, it’s only available if you manually download and install it from the Microsoft Catalog.
Now comes word from Lawrence Abrams at BleepingComputer that the patch doesn’t do anything of the sort:
In our tests, though, Adobe Flash Player remained installed after installing the update… When we checked the Adobe Flash Player component in Microsoft Edge, it was still installed after installing the update.
Let’s hear it for Microsoft’s testers – the unpaid ones, at least.
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Patch Lady – saying goodbye to Flash
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player
Saying unofficial goodbye to Flash. Note this is on the catalog site at this time so that folks can be testing the removal process. Those behind Windows update will get this later (Decemberish) those on WSUS will get it in 2021.
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