Adobe Flash Player
Please NOTE:
Normandale ITS does not support Adobe Flash Player, We strongly advise to uninstall Adobe Flash Player, and
strongly recommend against installing / using Adobe Flash Player, due to Adobe end of life support and security risks.
Adobe no longer supports Flash Player after December 31, 2020, per Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page .
Adobe blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player.
Beginning January 12, 2021, Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems.
Since Adobe is no longer supporting Flash Player after the EOL Date, Adobe blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021 to help secure your system.
Because Flash Player has many known vulnerabilities, we strongly recommend against installing it on any computers. We cannot support students who are trying to install it and strongly encourage you to find alternatives. Normandale does not want to be the cause for introducing vulnerabilities onto Normandale-issued computers as well as students' computers.
Normandale ITS has received reports of virus attacks and compromised systems due to Normandale employees and students trying to use Adobe Flash Player download links which are fake sites, and associated to malware, infecting their computers. Please do NOT click on any suggested links to download Adobe Flash Player, to avoid downloading malware, viruses, etc. and thus, compromising your computer.
Adobe Flash Player is a browser plugin that allows you to view Flash files. Most browsers, including Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have the plugin installed by default. Adobe announced two years ago that Flash Player will be end-of-life at the end of 2020. Chrome has begun displaying a message to let users know that it will stop supporting Flash at the end of 2020.
Java JRE provided a browser plugin that allowed you to view Java simulations and videos. The browser plugin is no longer available for use. It's somewhat confusing because Oracle is still providing some updates to certain types of users. However, that is only for a short period of time.
This is not to be confused with the Java Development Kit, which is not browser-based. Java is also a general-purpose programming language which can be programmed in the Java Development Kit environment.
What do I need to do?
If you are using video content or simulation that use the browser Flash Player or Java plugin, please contact the website owners the video is posted on to urge them to update the content to another format that does not have an announced end of life. The most common format currently used is html5. Alternately, there may be new sites out there with new simulations.
Flash Player is a browser plugin that allows you to view Flash files. Most browsers, including Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have the plugin installed by default. Adobe announced two years ago that Flash Player will be end-of-life at the end of 2020. Chrome has begun displaying a message to let users know that it will stop supporting Flash at the end of 2020.
Java JRE provided a browser plugin that allowed you to view Java simulations and videos. The browser plugin is no longer available for use. It's somewhat confusing because Oracle is still providing some updates to certain types of users. However, that is only for a short period of time.
This is not to be confused with the Java Development Kit, which is not browser-based. Java is also a general-purpose programming language which can be programmed in the Java Development Kit environment.
What do I need to do?
If you are using video content or simulation that use the browser Flash Player or Java plugin, please contact the website owners the video is posted on to urge them to update the content to another format that does not have an announced end of life. The most common format currently used is html5. Alternately, there may be new sites out there with new simulations.
For more information on the end of life for Flash, you can visit the Google Chrome article: Saying goodbye to Flash in Chrome.
If you need any help or have questions, please contact the ITS Help Desk by calling (952) 358-8181, stopping by L1701, or submitting an online request at AskUs: ITS.