What has happened to Adobe Flash?

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What has happened to Adobe Flash? Lately, when you scroll past where the window for Adobe is it will jump down and lock itself to the right side of where you are viewing. Until recently clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner of the window put Adobe back to where it originated, never to intrude again. At least on that page.

Recently Adobe has become more annoying and refuses to leave you alone. Clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner of the window still puts Adobe back to where it originated, but it drags you back with it. Now it appears that the Adobe window won't let you out of its' sight.

Is there a way to stop this take over of Adobe?

Taxed and Spent · Accepted Answer

Ah, my malware is working as intended.  Thanks for the report.

Whazzzzzzzup? · Answer

Are you talking about that window that pops up with the hot babe that only live 2.3 miles away and wants to "meat" you? Seriously though, if using FireFox, install the NoScript add-on.

Gordon Shumway · Answer

I do use Firefox, but, only as a test, I opened IE and Adobe Flash exhibited the same behavior. I'll give NoScript a try. Thanks.

Diesel · Answer

Gordon Shumway  news:     Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:05:27 GMT You might want to consider uninstalling Adobe. Unless you have a real  need for it. IE: some site out there that hasn't adopted HTML5; which  no longer needs Adobe flash.

Gordon Shumway · Answer

Is there a replacement you would recommend?

rbowman · Answer

Flash is on everyone's shitlist so I doubt you'll find a replacement.

T · Answer

Hi Gordon,

Not an answer to your question, but Flash is being phased out in favor of HTML5. (I do not have Flash on my system.) And Firefox will no longer accept Java's plugin. It won't be very long before Firefox also rejects Flash's plugin as well. This is all for security purposes.

-T

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