STABLE version -- 4.2.10.171

[Admini]

@CentBrowser:

When I started CentBrowser there was something awkward in the tab; as if script was being installed in the background. I suspected a malware. I found out the reason for this awkwardness through ProcMon & Fiddler. Cent was downloading self-PepperFlash to %Temp% folder and extracting it to the User Data folder.

Code:

"%Temp%\components_upgrade.exe" -s -d".......\User Data"

My personal Cleaner .BAT file removes junk files and folders from Cent's User Data. One of the folders that deleted is User Data\ PepperFlash.

I don't use Flash. Also, since I deleted this folder, I don't want to burden Cent's own server (by downloading 13 MB of RAR SFX file) every time it starts. I looked for ways to turn this off.

Sorry, the following switchs didn't work.

Code:

--cb-disable-components-auto-update
--disable-bundled-ppapi-flash
--disable-component-update

Whether the UserData\ PepperFlash folder is in place or not, Cent persistently downloads the  components_upgrade.exe file (PepperFlash) to %temp% and extracts it to the User Data folder.

I ask you to add a switch (--cb-disable-bundled-ppapi-flash, how?) or a setting that prevent the automatic download of components_upgrade.exe in the next build. I suggest you may set this feature as default to ease the load on your server.

You can disable Flash in chrome://settings/content/flash, and then leave these files alone.
If you deleted them, they will be downloaded again.
This is a design flaw.