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I have Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX installed in my computer, but the newly installed Firefox/Modzilla keeps requesting I install Adobe Flash Player plug-ins

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I have been using the Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX with IE/Bing and Google, but I keep getting the request to install Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX plugins on the newly installed Firefox/Mozilla when browsing on certain sites. Why?


Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 31.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: avast! Online Security Version: 9.0.2018.95 Enabled: false ID: wrc@avast.com

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family Adapter Drivers: igdumdx32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x2992 Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version. DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 9-23-2009 Driver Version: 8.15.10.1930 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/2 Basic Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family Direct3D9Ex vs_0_0 ps_2_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Important Modified Preferences


browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 4 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140716183446 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140716183446 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 31.0 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1410022101 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 53040 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_bgcolor: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_bgimages: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_colorspace: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_command: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_downloadfonts: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_duplex: 1515870810 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_bottom: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_left: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_right: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_top: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_evenpages: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footercenter: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footerleft: &PT print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footerright: &D print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headercenter: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headerleft: &T print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headerright: &U print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_in_color: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_oddpages: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_orientation: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_page_delay: 50 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_data: 1 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_size_type: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_plex_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_resolution: 1515870810 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_resolution_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_reversed: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_scaling: 1.00 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_to_file: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1409338446

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.6 Version in use: 4.10.6

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Version in use: 3.16.2

Experimental Features


I have been using the Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX with IE/Bing and Google, but I keep getting the request to install Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX plugins on the newly installed Firefox/Mozilla when browsing on certain sites. Why? Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 31.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- All Crash Reports Extensions ---------- Name: avast! Online Security Version: 9.0.2018.95 Enabled: false ID: wrc@avast.com Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family Adapter Drivers: igdumdx32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x2992 Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version. DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 9-23-2009 Driver Version: 8.15.10.1930 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/2 Basic Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family Direct3D9Ex vs_0_0 ps_2_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 4 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140716183446 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140716183446 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 31.0 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1410022101 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 53040 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_bgcolor: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_bgimages: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_colorspace: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_command: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_downloadfonts: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_duplex: 1515870810 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_bottom: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_left: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_right: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_edge_top: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_evenpages: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footercenter: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footerleft: &PT print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_footerright: &D print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headercenter: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headerleft: &T print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_headerright: &U print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_in_color: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_oddpages: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_orientation: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_page_delay: 50 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_data: 1 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_size_type: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_plex_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_resolution: 1515870810 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_resolution_name: print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_reversed: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_scaling: 1.00 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_to_file: false print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 0 print.printer_Brother_HL-5140_series.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1409338446 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.6 Version in use: 4.10.6 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Version in use: 3.16.2 Experimental Features ---------------------

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hello, activex is a proprietary microsoft technology for internet explorer and chrome ships with its own bundled flash player. to get falsh to work in firefox you'll have to download the flash player "for other browsers" from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer

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To make sure you do not get Google Chrome and or McAfee Security Scan as part of the Adobe Flash download if you forget to uncheck, try this link instead for the latest Flash version.

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/support/install_flash_player.exe

As you can see, different Flash for different browsers. http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

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