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Message re outdated plugin

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Charmi
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Hi I am running windows 8.1. I keep getting a message that Adobe Flash is pout of date and needs updating.however when I check my plug ins. only Flash player shows up and it is uptodate, however it does show that Shockwave Flash is outofdate, if I click on update now, I get taken to the Mozilla update page and it suggests i go to the Plugin check page, this tells me that Shockwave Flash is up todate, how can I stop these annoying messages. I do no wish to allow soemthing that may cause potential harm to my computer

Hi I am running windows 8.1. I keep getting a message that Adobe Flash is pout of date and needs updating.however when I check my plug ins. only Flash player shows up and it is uptodate, however it does show that Shockwave Flash is outofdate, if I click on update now, I get taken to the Mozilla update page and it suggests i go to the Plugin check page, this tells me that Shockwave Flash is up todate, how can I stop these annoying messages. I do no wish to allow soemthing that may cause potential harm to my computer

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cor-el
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You may not be running the latest Flash version (16.0.0.235 or possibly 15.0.0.246)

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

  • Users of the Adobe Flash Player desktop runtime for Windows and Macintosh should update to Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.235.
  • Users of the Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release should update to Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.259.
  • Users of Adobe Flash Player for Linux should update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.425.

Affected Flash versions:

  • Adobe Flash Player 15.0.0.242 and earlier versions
  • Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.258 and earlier 13.x versions
  • Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.424 and earlier versions for Linux

You can find the latest Flash player versions for Firefox on this page: