Updates, June 8, 2012: Adobe Flash Player 11.3

Direct download links (which should not include any extraneous toolbars nor other programs)

Note:   Effective with Flash 11.3, the installers/UNinstallers now handle both the 32-bit and x64-bit versions [previously, these had been separate].

UNinstaller:  http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe

ActiveX version (Internet Explorer):   http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_active_x.exe

Plug-in version (other browsers):  http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin.exe

The latest Flash Update has introduced:

• Protected Mode for Firefox — Flash Player Protected Mode is a new security enhancement designed to limit the impact of attacks launched from malicious SWF files against Adobe Flash Player when running in Firefox 4.0+ on Windows Vista and higher. (This feature is comparable to the Flash Player Protected Mode in Google Chrome browser, Protected Mode in Adobe Reader, and Office 2010 Protected View.)

[For (this, and) other new features, see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019911 ]

Thanks, ky. I always await your update info before updating my Win 7 Flash Player.

Below is info courtesy of Maurice Nagger, from the aumha forum:

Other helpful links include:

Uninstaller for older versions of Adobe Flash Player
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Flash Player version check
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/

Flash Player Download Center (offers v11.x only!)
[ uncheck, e.g., McAfee Security Center, Google Toolbar or Chrome if you don't want to install it!]
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash

Flash Player: Help - About Updating Adobe Flash Player
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help10.html

Troubleshoot Flash Player installation for Windows
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html

Troubleshooting Flash Player stability and performance
http://blogs.adobe.com/jd/2010/02/troubleshooting_player_stabili.html

Flash Player Support Forum<=post here if you need assistance with Flash Player
http://forums.adobe.com/community/webplayers/flash_player
Flash Player detection failure with websites that use VBScript detection
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=7d1862a&sliceId=1

HOW TO Uninstall Adobe Flash Player for Windows
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

HOW TO Uninstall the Flash plug-in and ActiveX Control
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_1415

HOW TO Do a Clean Install of Flash Player in Windows
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4041846#4041846

Adobe Flash Player: Settings Manager
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html

Configure your Flash Player's Global and Website settings
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=28027

Thanks to David and Joe for the links. Very comprenhensive info about Flash player.

Joe I imagine one must be registered in Aumha forum to see this link: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=28027

Or was it removed ?

I just carefully re-read my post above, about Flash being protected ("sandboxed") in FF... and took note of the qualifying clause "on Windows Vista and higher"... from which I infer that such protection is NOT offered under XP :-(

EDIT:  CONFIRMED!  per http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html  :  "Today, with Windows 8 just around the corner and Windows XP usage rapidly decreasing, it did not make sense for the Flash Player team to make that same engineering investment for Windows XP. Therefore, we’ve focused on making Protected Mode for Firefox available on Windows Vista and later".

My apologies, Hernan, that last aumha link is indeed dead.

Info on configuring the Flash Player Manager Settings can be found here:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

Hernan, Maurice also posted here: http://tinyurl.com/botf9tp

Edit: Oops, sorry.  I forgot. Dell prefers shortened links. I'm editing the link to shorten.

Hernan,

I tried going to the aumha link you gave, and it said "The requested topic does not exist"... and I am registered and logged-in.

Thanks guys.

BTW I am using some of the links you posted in Avast! forum. Hope you do not mind. 

No problem here.

Corrine is reporting that some people have experienced "Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox [4.0+, under Windows Vista or newer] is causing Firefox to freeze or crash":  http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2012/06/flash-player-update-causes-firefox.html

Per her blog, IF you experience this, you can either completely disable Flash, or else, disable its use of Protected Mode:   http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#4468493

(Flash related:)  FIXED in FF 13.0.1

• Flash 11.3 sometimes caused a crash on quit (747683, fixed in 13.0.1)

(Flash related:)  Sandboxie Version 3.72

(Released on 17 June 2012)  changes focus primarily on improving compatibility with Flash version 11.3 :

Upgrade Sandboxie to fix audio loss issues and crashes when viewing Flash content in a browser running under Sandboxie.

Not sure if it's a response to the FF crash or not... regardless, Flash Player  plug-in version only (for browsers othan than IE) has been updated to 11.3.300.262

Fixed Issues:
Users experience crashes while viewing Flash content in Firefox on Windows(3211153)

KeyScrambler Personal 2.9.2 :  now supports Firefox 12, 13, and 14.

http://www.qfxsoftware.com/index.html