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Adobe Flash Player has been a huge part of the internet for many years. A lot of websites and content wouldn’t have been able to function without it. There might be adequate alternatives now, but Flash Player will always be the original and so far, the most reliable. Adobe Flash CS3 Professional (9.0.2) delivers support for the latest update of Adobe Flash Player 9. This update includes a new Video Playback component supporting H.264, support for Flash Lite 3 Update for Flash CS3 Professional, and all Debug and Release versions of this new Adobe Flash Player.

  1. This wikiHow teaches you how to update Adobe Flash Player on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. While Adobe Flash Player will usually update itself automatically if you installed it with default settings, you can force it to check for and install an update if one is available.
  2. The Trojan.Ransomware virus generates a pop-up that instructs you to click a link to obtain an activation code for the latest Adobe Flash Player update. As soon as you click the link, a barrage of additional pop-ups will appear and your computer will slow down.

Staying up to date on the latest security patches is critical in today’s threat environment. The single most important thing you can do to keep your software and computer safe is to always run the most up-to-date version of your Adobe products.

See Security Bulletins and Advisories for important information regarding security vulnerabilities that could affect specific versions of Adobe products. Use the links below to update your Adobe software.

  • Self-Service: Adobe Acrobat and Reader can regularly check for important updates and install them for you.
  • Managed: Key resources for enterprise deployments include Adobe Document Cloud Enterprise Toolkit, Document Cloud Enterprise Administration Guide, Enterprise Guide for the Acrobat Reader DC mobile app, Customization Wizard download, and product updates.
  • Self-Service: Learn to update your Creative Cloud apps when you receive notification that a new version is available.
  • Managed: Use the Creative Cloud Packager to update apps via an internal update server, trigger updates remotely using Remote Update Manager, or create and deploy update-only packages.
  • Self-Service: With background updates, Adobe Flash Player can regularly check for updates and install them for you.
  • Managed: Follow steps in the Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide to deploy Flash Player through your enterprise in alignment with your IT policies.
  • Self-Service: Get help downloading, installing, and enabling Shockwave Player in your browser. You can also get help troubleshooting your installation on Windows and Mac OS.
  • Managed: Get information about your license and the Shockwave Player installation packages, which can be used to distribute Shockwave Player to your endusers.
  • Managed: Download the latest version of your Adobe software from product updates.

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The Adobe Flash Player browser plugin lets you view video and animated content in Firefox. This article has information about testing, installing, updating, uninstalling and troubleshooting the Adobe Flash plugin.

Note: The Firefox Software Update feature does not update installed plugins. See the Adobe Security bulletins and advisories page for information about security and stability issues affecting Adobe Flash Player and other Adobe products.

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  • 4Troubleshooting

Adobe Flash Player

Visit Adobe's Flash Player Help page to see if the Flash plugin is installed and working properly. If it tells you that Flash is not installed, see the next section on how to install the latest Flash plugin.

The Flash plugin automatically updates itself by default. If Adobe's Flash Player Help page says that Flash is outdated and you don't want to wait for the automatic update, you can update Flash manually by downloading and installing the latest version from Adobe.

To check if your installation of Flash is up to date, visit Adobe's Flash Player Help page. If it says that Flash is outdated, you can update Flash by downloading and installing the latest version from Adobe.

  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.
    Caution: Adobe's download page may include a checkbox for optional software (such as Google Chrome or McAfee Security Scan) that is selected by default. If you do not clear the checkbox before downloading, that software will be installed on your computer when you open the Flash installer.
  2. When the download has finished, close Firefox.

    Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  3. Open the Flash installer file you downloaded and follow the instructions.
Note: If you are having problems with the Flash installer from Adobe's download page, you can use this Flash Player installer link to directly download the full installer.
  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.
  2. Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  3. Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player_osx_intel.dmg).
  4. In the Finder, open the Install Adobe Flash Player.app to run the installer, then follow the installer's instructions.
  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page.
  2. When prompted, save the file (i.e. install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz).
  3. Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  4. Open a Terminal window (in Gnome, click on the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then select Terminal.)
  5. In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
  6. Extract libflashplayer.so from the file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz.
  7. As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory's plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.

For instructions on uninstalling Flash, see Adobe's help page, Uninstall Flash Player - WindowsUninstall Flash Player - Mac OS.

Note: Running Adobe's uninstaller will remove Flash from all browsers where it is not built-in, including Internet Explorer. You will be prompted to reinstall Flash when you visit a page that requires it, such as Adobe's Flash Player Help page.

Flash plugin not working

If Adobe's Flash Player Help page does not show that Flash is working even though you have installed the latest version, your Flash plugin may be disabled in the Add-ons Manager. To make sure that Flash is enabled,

  1. Click the menu button , click Add-ons and select Plugins.

If Flash is disabled, select Ask to Activate in its drop-down menu.

Flash plugin not working on certain websites

Firefox can block the Flash plugin on certain websites, if using it would cause security, speed or stability problems. For more information, see The Flash plugin is blocked on some sites by default.

Flash works in Internet Explorer or Chrome but not in Firefox

There are three different types of Flash Players: an ActiveX version for Internet Explorer, a Chrome version built into the browser and a plugin version for Firefox and some other browsers. If you want Flash to work in Firefox you must install the plugin version, as explained above.

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'Activate Adobe Flash' prompts

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The Flash plugin is set to 'Ask to Activate' in the Add-ons manager by default. Click on the 'Activate Adobe Flash' message to allow the Flash content to load (if it doesn't, reload the page and try again). For more information, see Why do I have to click to activate plugins?.

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The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed

If you see this message instead of Flash content, see Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again and Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox.

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Unresponsive plugin warning

Firefox will show you a warning dialog if the Flash plugin is taking longer than expected:

See the article Warning Unresponsive plugin - What it means and how to fix it for solutions and workarounds.

Cannot view full screen Flash videos

See Flash videos won't play full screen.

Playing Flash videos makes Firefox hang

If Firefox stops responding or if the Flash plugin hangs or stops working when playing Flash videos or games, try these solutions:

  • Pause or stop Flash in other tabs. You may need to close those tabs.
  • Update Flash. See the Installing or updating Flash section above for instructions.
  • Disable hardware acceleration in Flash settings. See Disable hardware acceleration in Flash for details.
  • Update your graphics drivers. See Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL.
  • Disable Flash protected mode. See Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox.

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Other Flash problems and solutions

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  • Your Flash issue could be caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration in Firefox. See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems to narrow down the cause.
  • Other solutions for general audio and video problems are listed in the Fix common audio and video issues article.
  • If Flash content does not work, acts strangely, causes errors, or if you see a notice that you need to update Flash even after installing the latest Flash version, uninstall and reinstall Flash.

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Based on information from Flash (mozillaZine KB)