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Adobe Flash Player UpdateThe Adobe Flash Player is software for creating and viewing animations and movies using computer programs such as a web browser; in common usage, flash lets you put animation and movies on a web site. Adobe is an industry leader in flash player and has a number of key patents pending.

Adobe Flash Player versions 9.0.48.0 and earlier contain nine different bugs that Adobe calls critical. Simply viewing a Web page is all it takes for a bad guy to take control of your computer. The only way to be safe is to upgrade to the newest version.

Adobe Flash Player Update

If you haven't updated the Flash player recently, your computer is probably at risk. Still, before bothering to upgrade, you might as well check which version you have installed.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 (version 8.0.22.0, codenamed Maelstrom) (August 2005)
  • Support for runtime loading of GIF and PNG images
  • New video codec (On2 VP6)
  • Improved runtime performance and runtime bitmap caching
  • Live filters and blendmodes
  • File upload and download capabilities
  • New text-rendering engine
  • On December 3, 2005, Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia and its product portfolio (including Flash).
Adobe Flash Player 9 (version 9.0.15.0, codenamed Zaphod) (June 2006) previously named Flash Player 8.5
  • New ECMAScript scripting engine, ActionScript Virtual Machine AVM2. AVM1 retained for compatibility.
  • Actionscript 3 via AV2.
  • E4X, which is a new approach to parsing XML.
  • Support for binary sockets.
  • Support for Regular Expressions and namespaces.
  • ECMAScript 4 virtual machine donated to Mozilla Foundation and named Tamarin.
Adobe Flash Player 9 (version 9.0.159.0, codenamed Nemo) (February 2009)
  • Critical security updates.
Adobe Flash Player 10 (version 10.0.12.36, codenamed Astro) (October 2008)
  • 3D object transformations
  • Custom filters via Pixel Bender
  • Advanced text support
  • Speex audio codec
  • Real Time Media Flow Protocol (RTMFP)
  • Dynamic sound generation
  • Vector data type
Adobe Flash Player 10 (version 10.0.22.87, codenamed Nemo) (February 2009)
  • Critical security updates.

Flash Player related resource

Flash Player
Install Macromedia Flash Player
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Adobe Flash Player 11

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