To download the uninstaller the first notice I encountered was: Yes, I have tried the solution indicated in the previous email with the following results. It's unlikely to be a legitimate notification, but based on what I'm seeing, it's either legit or a good facsimile. I'd reboot at the end of that process, just to make sure that anything that might still be resident in memory isn't.Īt that point, if you're still getting pop-ups, I'd consider that a red flag. Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher You can apply the appropriate Windows Update to remove that. Here's the direct download.)Īt that point, the other copy of Flash Player on Windows 10 that's plugged into our auto-update system would be the one distributed by Microsoft for IE and Edge. (Also, good instincts on the don't-trust-links-in-popups front. Running our uninstaller would ensure that any Adobe-distributed versions of Flash Player and the accompanying update service are removed. You can see our release notes for details on dates. Is there a location in Windows 10 I need to flag / un-flag to disable the popup?įlash Player shipped monthly, aligned with Microsoft Patch Tuesday. More importantly having confirmed there is no Flash Player installed or active to disable or uninstall on this laptop, how do I get rid of the popup without having to install anything? I do not trust this popup much less going to download/install anything from it. It only does so when starting from OFF and annoyingly only sometimes.ĭid Adobe issue an update in 2020 just before termination of the Flash Player?

Visiting any web pages with any of the browsers does not result on the popup appearing. No browser has been set as the default browser.

Traditionally Opera is used as the preferred browser. The web browsers installed on this laptop are Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The twist is that it did not appear after every cold boot either!! In fact I have tried “Warm Booting” several times just now and it did not appear at all. I do not recall it appearing after any “Warm Boot”. The popup seems to appear on “Cold Booting” only. It states: “Flash Player is either not installed or enabled. Correct, Flash Player is dead hence my suspicions and reluctance to 'Install' an update for a product that is not even installed on my laptop.

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