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@LiEnby
LiEnby / flash.md
Last active March 13, 2026 12:50
Removing the timebomb from Adobe Flash Player

In Adobe Flash Player versions newer than 32.0.0.344 they added a "Timebomb" for the EOL. the player would refuse to run any custom flash content after 12/01/2021, instead it would just show this image

So knowing this, Lets crack it!

I acturally started looking into this before the 12/01/2021 hit, but only recently did i acturally discover a way to bypass the killswitch

(also- im aware i was not the first to do this, but i still did do it)

@kentbrew
kentbrew / favicon-interceptor.js
Created January 3, 2011 19:32
How to short-circuit those annoying favicon requests in node.js
// early experiments with node had mysterious double requests
// turned out these were for the stoopid favicon
// here's how to short-circuit those requests
// and stop seeing 404 errors in your client console
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (q, r) {
// control for favicon