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Adobe Flash is a common piece of software used by most computer web browsers to play videos, GIFs and animations. If you’ve used the internet, chances are you’ve used Flash.

However, as ubiquitous as the software is, it’s no secret Flash has been dealing with security shortcomings recently.

Over the last week, there have been three serious zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Adobe Flash.

"Zero-day vulnerabilities" are flaws that are found and targeted by hackers before they are discovered by security professionals.

What could this mean for you?

Hackers often take advantage of security flaws like these to run malicious software and get access to computers.

Mozilla announced yesterday that it is temporarily disabling Flash from the browser until Adobe addresses the issues, according to 9to5Mac.

For those who are interested in removing Flash from your internet experience, we’ve created a step-by-step guide teaching you how to remove Flash from the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari web browsers.

Chrome

To get rid of Flash on Google’s browser take the following steps:

Copy and paste “chrome://plugins” into your search bar.

Find the Adobe Flash Player plugin.

Click disable.

Internet Explorer

To ditch Flash on Microsoft’s browser:

Click the gear icon in the top righthand corner of your browser window.

Click “Internet options.

Go to the Programs submenu.

Click Manage add-ons.

Click Shockwave Flash Client.

Click Disable.

Firefox

To turn Flash off in Mozilla’s browser (which, at the moment, is blocked by default):

Find and click on the hamburger icon in the top right of the browser menu.

Click on “Add-ons.”

Go to the left column and click the “Plugins” sub-menu.

Go to the drop-down menu next to Shockwave Flash.

Click “Never Activate.”

Safari

Finally, to scrub Adobe Flash from your Macbook: