Update your Flash player for Security Reasons
by jchamberlin on Comments
For those of you still using Flash version 7, it's time to update. There seems to be various security threats in the old version, so update! This comes after public pleas by both Microsoft and Macromedia (Macromedia makes Flash). To check what version of Flash you are running, check out this page on Macromedia's site. For the latest version, it should say "You have version 8,0,22,0 installed". To download the latest version, go here. If you're using Internet Explorer, it's pretty quick and simple, click a few buttons and you're set. If you use Firefox, as I do, there's another step or two, which makes you download the file to your PC, and install it that way, instead right through the web browser. If you're using Adblock in Firefox, go into the Adblock options and disable "Obj-Tabs" before you install it. You'll also have to leave it disabled, as this causes some problems when viewing Flash files on the web (you can't actually see the Flash at all, lol). I updated my Flash yesterday because of the security risks, and I'd recommend you do the same.