I’m a couple of days late posting this but if you haven’t done so already make sure that you update your Adobe Flash player. There are currently exploits out on in the internet lands that take advantage of certain security flaws in flash that could compromise your system. If there is anything that security experts can agree on is that if you need to run flash you need to keep it updated.

Validate Your Version

Go to the Adobe Web site and validate the version of flash that you are currently running: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ The version you are running will be displayed in the box “Version Information” which should look the the one below.

Your browser and operating system will dictate the correct version you need to be running but for the majority of users you are going to need version 10.2.159.1.

Update If Necessary

If you need to update you can go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and you should be prompted to download the correct version for your browser and OS.

You can also use the Manual downloader if you don’t like the whole Adobe download system by following the download instructions at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_ManualInstaller

Validate Your Version

After you update double check that you are now running the correct version by going back to http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Multiple Browsers

If you run multiple browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc, on the same computer you may need to update each browser separately. Double check that each browser is running the latest version.