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firefox program directed me to adobe download which was bad

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firefox told me to download update to adobe flash player. I clicked the provided link and I think I was directed to bogus adobe flash player site. This version is on my computer.

This happened

Not sure how often

== was prompted by firefox program browser to update adobe

firefox told me to download update to adobe flash player. I clicked the provided link and I think I was directed to bogus adobe flash player site. This version is on my computer. == This happened == Not sure how often == was prompted by firefox program browser to update adobe

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Have you tried manually downloading the Flash plugin from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer?

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Has anyone tried the ' increase plug in timeout ' option....I read it could help but im pretty much computer illiterate....I turn it on and play my games so im a bit afraid to try this....if anyone has tried ...please let us know if it helped

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Pam, first please make sure your Flash plugin is up to date: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/

The increase time out instructions can found here: Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again