Adobe Flash vs Macromedia Flash & Shockwave

I ran Secunia PSI. It said I needed to update my Adobe Flash
Player. I downloaded the uninstaller from Adobe first and ran it,
and then installed the most recent player. When I go to the test
page it says I have the most recent version.
However, under end-of-life programs Secunia lists the
Macromedia Flash Player 8.x version 8.0.24.0 five times for some
reason. Then I go into Add/Remove and I see a listing for
Macromedia Shockwave Player (not Macromedia Flash Player). Under
end-of-life it also lists Adobe SVG Viewer 1.x version 1.0.0.94.
I thought I understood that Adobe replaces Macromedia, but
now I am so confused. Are these end-of-life programs creating
security risks even though I do have the latest Adobe Flash Player
-- and should I be removing any or all of the above mentioned
Secunia end-of-life items?

Yes it is Free and you should update.
Do the following:
* Update Firefox, [[Update Firefox to the latest version]]
* Update your plugins (including Flash) http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/
* Update Windows windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Use Ineter Explorer to visit that site)
* [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]
* Scan for malware, [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]

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When I first posted I thought it had something to do with Premiere but now think it has something to do with the Adobe Media Encoder.
If you want to delete that message then feel free.
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Now when I go to export to Flash I don't get the Adobe Premiere's Flash Export dialog box when I press "Options" from the Export Settings. I get the Flash MX Professional 2004 "Flash Video (FLV) Exporter." It doesn't allow me to change any of the parameters.
I then un-installed Macromedia Flash MX 2004 but still get the same "Flash Video (FLV) Exporter."
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I now I get this message when selecting Macromedia Flash Video from the export settings:
"Cannot find Flash Video export Module for QuickTime. Please install and retry."
So I un-installed and re-installed QuickTime and got the same message:
"Cannot find Flash Video export Module for QuickTime. Please install and retry."
No quite sure if the above message was talking about reinstalling QuickTime or Premiere, so I uninstalled and reinstalled Premiere again, agian and got this message:
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I then went in to the registry and removed all the Entries that had either of these in it:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\DVA\COM
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\DVA\FLASH
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C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTComponents\FLV.qtx
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