https://www.zdnet.com/article/now-adobe-strips-flash-from-reader-and-acrobat-pushes-out-critical-security-bug-fixes/Adobe has now officially bid goodbye to the Flash Player in the latest release of its Reader and Acrobat PDF products. Adobe also claims to have fixed several security flaws.
The removal of the Flash components are listed as “top new features” and the Flash-dependent forms options have been replaced with a ‘secondary toolbar’.
Microsoft is now releasing an update to remove the Adobe Flash Player and using this, one can permanently remove the Flash Player on Windows.