Strange message on Chrome

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Shirtbloke

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I'm using the Chrome browser and it keeps putting up this message (once a day at the moment) - "This site uses a plugin (Adobe Flash) that will soon be unsupported" with a Learn More link to this page.....
NPAPI plugins don't work on Chrome version 42 and higher - Chrome Help

From that page......
NPAPI support has ended
In the past, many plugins were developed using an older system called NPAPI. Today fewer sites are using NPAPI plugins and they can sometimes cause security risks on websites.

To make browsing with Chrome safer, faster, and more stable, we’re ending support for NPAPI plugins with Chrome version 42.

Which plugins are supported
Plugins that use a newer, more secure system called Pepper API (PPAPI) will continue to work, including those that ship with Chrome, like Adobe Flash and PDF Viewer. However, plugins that use NPAPI, including Silverlight, Java, and Unity, won’t work.
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The bizarre thing is I'm already using Chrome version 43, which should have Flash built in, but yet I'm getting the message.
Anybody know what's going on?
 

Shirtbloke

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Actually html5 runs my (admittedly old) computer at 100% just for a simple video - I don't like it all. And I gave up on Adobe Reader when I found it spied on everything I read with it - I use Sumatra PDF now.
 

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Hear, hear! Gosh darn thing seems to know exactly when to update based on when I really want to use MY computer. And the choice of "Run or Save" Who knows? If it's any good, why wouldn't I want to save it? If I don't Run it, what good is it? Obviously, I'm not a computer person, but this sounds like needless confusion. Why not just download and use it?
 
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