As you know, today Flash Player from Adobe (AFP) is one of the most necessary plug-ins that are embedded in browsers or development environments, which, as the development of multimedia technologies, requires constant updating. But in the territory of Crimea, which recently joined the Russian Federation, an update is impossible. How Adobe Flash Player update in the Crimea, and now will be considered. There are some simple ways.
Why do I need an update?
The update of the popular plugin is directly related to the appearance of ever new web design technologies, which involve loading modern design elements onto pages that are created in more advanced development environments that are not supported by older versions of the player.
The latest version of AFP (the most current to date) allows you to avoid many conflicts and misunderstandings when playing multimedia content. If the version of the plug-in is out of date, the browser automatically signals that the installed release of the player needs to be updated.
In fact, the warning does not come from the browser (it is only an additional signaling device), the special active module of the player itself, which cannot be disabled, is responsible for updating.
Why is AFP not updated in Crimea?
In the case of Crimea, a rather delicate situation arises when the updater reports that the new release of the plugin is available and ready to download, but the latest version of AFP is not what is installed, it does not even want to be loaded. On the official update site, the download button is simply missing, although you can view information on the installed version and a new update.
Why is this situation happening? Adobe Flash Player Plugin is not updated only because the developer corporation has joined the anti-Russian economic sanctions. But you can fool the system, and to do this is quite simple.
How to update Adobe Flash Player in Crimea: the simplest solution
When trying to update the plugin at the time of activation, the updater redirects to the official resource, this is understandable. But who is stopping the user from downloading the installation distribution kit from another source?
On the site you need to look at your installed version and the version of the new available release. After that, you can simply set up a search on the Runet with the number of the latest update, download it, and then install it as a regular program. Although this is illegal in most cases, torrent trackers come to the rescue on which such information is uploaded without restrictions, including new releases of Adobe Flash Player Plugin.
In some cases, during installation, so that the geolocation of the user's computer is not checked, you need to temporarily disconnect the Internet connection. After the installation is completed, even when the installed version is checked by the built-in updater, Adobe can no longer do anything in terms of deactivating or removing the update.
How to update Adobe Flash Player in Crimea (Opera, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla and others)?
It is clear that the plugin’s built-in service will constantly monitor the appearance of its new versions. Naturally, messages will be issued with enviable regularity with a demand for its update. So, in no case can this be done, since the user's external IP address will be instantly transferred to the appropriate Adobe service, after which it will be blocked. Of course, in this situation, you can use the above method. But what if the new version is missing even from the resources of enthusiasts or the same torrent trackers? How to update Adobe Flash Player in Crimea? Other methods will come to the rescue.
As for the one-time update, in some cases you can bypass IP blocking in the most primitive way by turning on the so-called Turbo mode in your browser, if supported. Of course, there is no full guarantee of access to the update, but in certain situations, depending on the type and version of the browser used, this helps.
Sometimes, experts recommend using the special FriGate add-on, which is released for almost all well-known browsers. It is a common utility for changing location and IP recognition.
Using proxies
The first technique is to use anonymous proxy servers, either installed in the form of programs on a computer terminal, or those that are available on the Internet in almost unlimited quantities.
Here you just need to select a server corresponding to a location other than the current one, after which you can download the update even from the official resource. If a user is going to search on the Web, the keywords can be used not only in Russian terms, but also something like anonymous proxy server, anonymizer, etc. When you switch to European or American locations, the chances of downloading the latest version of Adobe Flash Player increase incredibly for free, although you can set up any other region of Russia with the same success.
The easiest way to change the IP address
If you do not want (or not possible) to use virtual proxies, you can go the other way. For example, to update Adobe Flash Player for Windows 7 (although it doesn’t matter which system is installed), you can use special utilities that change the external IP of the user machine, which in operation are very similar to proxies.
One of the easiest is the HideGuard VPN program. After installation it takes up a minimum of space, but constantly "hangs" in the system tray. Using the utility comes down to only activating it (putting the switch in the on position), after which you select the desired location or provide the right to choose an application for all IPs, which itself will replace the address with a foreign one. Then you can agree with the AFP update reminder and calmly download the latest release from the official Adobe resource, and then install and integrate it into applications and development environments that use it.
Conclusion
Here is a brief summary of everything regarding the consideration of how Adobe Flash Player can be updated in Crimea. What to recommend in use? In all likelihood, in order to achieve a 100% result, it is best to give preference to anonymous proxies or programs to change the external IP, since the inclusion of Turbo mode does not always give a positive effect, and distributions downloaded from other sources can often contain viruses or malicious codes. . If such a method has already been applied, before extracting the installation file from the archive or launching it, to activate the installation process, you should scan at least a standard antivirus installed in the system by default or use portable utilities. Otherwise, as practice shows, there are no problems.