Explore more clues about Flash Player (21.01.24 update)

Flash will stop supporting at the end of 2020. If there are still some businesses in the industry that require Flash, how should we deal with it? Here are more clues.

1. Update 21.01.24: As of 0:00 on January 24, the electronic taxation platforms that still require Flash are:

   • Inner Mongolia (the website provides a Flash download of version 15 )
   • Hebei (you can use the mobile APP instead of processing)
   • Liaoning (the website provides a version 15 Flash download ; you can use the mobile APP to replace the application)
   • Jilin (the website provides a version 15 Flash download ; you can use the mobile APP to replace the application)
   • Gansu (you can use the mobile APP instead of processing)
   • Ningxia (the website provides a version 15 Flash download ; you can use the mobile APP instead of processing)
   • Tibet (the website provides a version 15 Flash download ; you can use the desktop client to replace the transaction)
   • Jiangsu (the website provides a Flash download , but the version is unknown; you can use the mobile APP and desktop client to replace it)
   • Chongqing City (you can use the mobile phone APP instead of processing)
   • Hunan
   • Ningbo City (you can use the mobile APP instead of processing)
   • Shenzhen (you can use the mobile APP instead of processing)

2. 21.01.22 update: Edge has updated version 88 today. Flash is no longer available. Please download the green version of Chrome to continue using Flash. Many green versions of Chrome have built-in older versions of Flash Player.

3. 21.01.20 update: Chrome has officially updated version 88 today, and Flash can no longer be used. An extension "FlashPlayer-SWF to HTML" that can use H5 alternatives to play Flash content appeared in Chrome's online application store . This extension will detect whether there is a Flash object in the current webpage. If so, you can click the extension icon on the toolbar to play Flash content in H5 format.

   • This extension integrates two commonly used open source alternatives to play Flash content. Ruffle and SWF2JS . During use, you can switch the rendering mode by right-clicking the extension icon on the toolbar.
   • Since Ruffle does not currently support Action Script 3.0, Flash content using AS3 may not work properly.
   • The free version of SWF2JS does not yet provide support for AS3; the paid version supports 90% of AS3, and also provides support for Stage3D, Socket, FLV, and MP4.

4. 21.01.19 update: Taomi has updated the new Xiaohuaxian micro terminal . After actual testing, it can be used on machines with Flash removed.

   • However, this micro terminal has a relatively large size and takes up about 250MB of disk space after installation.
   • This micro terminal is developed by Electron, and the screen zoom and screenshot functions are not yet implemented.
   • The integrated version is also version 27 of Flash, PPAPI version, no pop-up ads and privacy services.

5. Update 21.01.18: Taomi has updated the new Purcell micro terminal , which can be used on the machine with Flash removed after actual test. The micro terminal integrates version 27 of Flash, no pop-up ads and privacy services.

   • Taking a look at the file structure roughly, the technical details should be the embedded Mozilla browser (that is GeckoWebBrowser) loading NPAPI Flash. There are also many related articles discussing this aspect in the blog garden. Use firefox as a web browser under .net winform program, and use Gecko to implement the browser in C#

6. Update 21.01.18: Xixi Software Park has integrated and packaged the Flash cracking patch on the My Love Cracking Forum. Users who appear to be unable to use Flash can try it. Note that you must read the instructions first.

   • The OCX control of the Flash recovery package in this patch is version 32.0.0.445, and the self-destructing timer has been modified (also 42changed by the last byte 72). Note that this recovery package is only applicable to the installation of KB4577586 "Mobile Except for the "Flash system update" machine, do not install the machine without this update, otherwise there will be an abnormal situation that cannot be restored.

7. 21.01.13 update: The official recommendation of the Percent Browser Forum is version 32.0.0.371 . Guess this version did not self-destruct. The forum super-version response: I saw that some big guys measured that the last available international version was 32.0.0.371 .

8. Update 21.01.12: Flash 32.0.0.303 does not self-destruct and can still be used.

9. Update 21.01.12: Starting today, it is no longer possible to load Flash content in Flash Player version 32 and above. Please use domestic browsers to solve the situation where Flash stops supporting.

10. 21.01.08 update: Taomi Page Tour once again updated the prompt message when the browser does not support Flash. The "Click to download" button of "Install Flash Plug-in" appears on the upper left. This link points to the so-called "special version of Flash". This version of Flash has never been recognized by the party. Please do not download any tools from the page pointed to by this button. We call on Taomi not to recommend the so-called "special version of Flash".

11. 21.01.01 update: Sogou browser technical support engineer responded: Sogou browser will always support flash plug-in .

12. 21.01.01 update: 4399 recommends using 360 security browser to play mini games. 4399 has updated all mini game play pages on January 1st. If the browser does not support Flash, it will display "The current browser cannot run Flash. To continue the game, you can use the following third-party browsers: 360 browser speed mode", 4399 The download link on the page points to the 360 ​​security browser 10 provided by 4399.

    • It has not been tested, but the official 360 security browser 12 provided by 360 has been tested on a cloud computer. The installation interface and the installation process are not bundled, but there will be a pop-up message during the use after the installation. It is recommended to install the 360 ​​security guard. .
    • In addition, 7k7k has also updated the mini game play page. 7k7k recommends using the 360 ​​browser and Sogou browser. The links point to the official website of the 360 ​​security browser and the official website of Sogou browser.

13. 21.01.01 update: All Flash page games of Taomi (including Purcell, Moore Manor, Xiaohuaxian, etc.) have updated the prompt message if the browser does not support Flash. Taomi recommends using Cheetah Browser, 360 Safe Browser, 360 Speed ​​Browser, Sogou Browser, and also recommends 360 Speed ​​Browser for Mac systems. The links of all these browsers point to the browser installation packages provided by Taomi.

14. Update 20.12.29: ZDNet News: However, skipping this latest Flash update will not remove this "time bomb". In the previous version, the killswitch code was added a few months ago, and this last Flash update only modified Prompt the user to use the language used in the prompt of the application.

15. Update 20.12.29: There is another news from Adobe, saying that starting from January 12th, Flash content will be blocked from loading in Flash Player. If it is true, Flash component files imported from Edge will also not be able to use Flash. Change to version 29 of Flash (difficult to download online). The countermeasures for this are still under study!

16. Update 20.11.12: 360 browser product answerer "fly Ying" responded: 360 browser will continue to support Flash .

17. According to official Chromium news , the 88 version of the kernel that is expected to be updated in January 2021 will not natively support Flash. Even if the domestic support continues, it will not be able to be used in browsers with kernels of version 88 and above (this includes the new version of Edge browser that comes with Win10 20H2).

18. The Beta version of Edge 88 is expected to be launched on December 7, and Microsoft officially made it clear that this version will no longer contain Flash . The stable version will be launched on January 21. The 88 Chromium version began to be native does not support Flash , which means that in any case does not make use of this magic to change the kernel's browser to go to support Flash. (It has been tested in version 89 of Chromium. Manually copy the PepperFlash folder of Edge to the User Data folder of Chromium. When Chromium is running, Chromium will automatically delete the PepperFlash folder. Chromium browser loading Flash will show that Adobe Flash Player is no longer available. It is supported again, as shown in the figure) (Of course, the magic change here is based on the premise of not moving the source code. Because Chromium itself is open source, it is not impossible if the source code can be changed to support Flash)
    

19. According to foreign media reports, Chrome 88 version will be officially released on January 19.

20. At present, some browsers such as Percent Browser and Star Wish Browser have removed the integrated Flash for some indescribable reasons. Need to manually copy files and block some domain names from hosts.

21. From the various CVE vulnerabilities (unrepaired and repaired) that have been mastered to reproduce steps, most of the hacking attacks caused by Flash vulnerabilities are caused by calling malicious SWF or FLV files, including but not limited to opening embedded malicious Flash Office documents, and open web pages with malicious Flash URLs embedded in them.

22. Google's Chromium kernel browser uses PPAPI Flash by default. This Flash runs in a Chromium sandbox, effectively reducing Flash exploits by hackers. However, some domestic browsers consider that PPAPI Flash occupies a relatively large amount of running memory, and deliberately replace it with the less secure NPAPI Flash.