Old versions & Adobe vs Macromedia

I have just run the Secunia Software Inspector which found
vulnerabilites in:
Adobe Flash Player 9.x
Macromedia Flash Player 5.x
Macromedia Flash Player 7.x
and directs me in all three cases to obtain an update at:
ttp://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
Firstly, what is the relationship between Macromedia Flash
and Adobe Flash?
Secondly, if I go to the Adobe URL mentioned above, will the
Adobe update also update Macromedia?
Thirdly, Where do I find these programs? My
\ProgramFiles\Adobe folder contains:
Acrobat 6.0, Acrobat 7.0, and Reader 8.0. I assume that
Acrobat 6 & 7 are just prior versions of Reader. Is this
correct?
If so I supose that they can be removed, but how does one
remove them as they do not show up in \ControlPanel\ Add/Remove
Software?
Where can I locate:
Macromedia Flash Player 5.x
Macromedia Flash Player 7.x ? Can I remove them?
Many thanks.

Odyssey42,
> Can anyone help me finalize this please?
Sorry about that. Been overly busy at the office. ;)
> I do not have a problem with having Flash installed in
my browser
> as it is needed for some of the sites that I visit on a
daily basis,
> including the "station selector/player" page that comes
up when I
> sign into XM Radio online. So probably I do not need the
link?
It's been a while since I formally uninstalled Flash Player,
so I'm not
100% sure how the current Adobe uninstaller works. You did
mention
previous installations of Flash Player, and the uninstaller
application may
help you get rid of the older ones. If it gets rid of them
all, it's very
easy to re-install the latest (Flash Player 9).
If you're interested on where the Flash Player installation
files go,
you might get some insight from reading about a Firefox
extension by
Alessandro Grugnola ...
http://www.sephiroth.it/weblog/archives/2006/10/flash_switcher_for_firefox.php
I hope that helps you a bit.
> Do I understand that Reader 8.0 is the latest version
(on my
> computer anyway) of the reader that I utilize when for
example I
> open a pdf file?
Yes, Reader opens PDF files. If you also have Acrobat, which
creates
PDF files, then the file format itself (PDF) might be
associated with
Acrobat rather than Reader, but either one reads PDF files.
And if all you
have is Reader, then Reader is the one that reads them.
> I would like to remove any older versions (i.e., Adobe
6.0 and 7.0?)
> which I presume are not now being utilized. They do not
show up in
> my "Add\remove software" page in Control Panel. If above
is correct,
> how do I remove them?
That would depend on what operating system you're using. I
use Windows
XP, and if I didn't see those apps listed in the Add/Remove
Software dialog,
I would probably just delete those folders inside the Program
Files\Adobe
folder. Note: I'm not suggesting you do that yourself. I have
no right to
take responsibility for your installations, and I'm not an
Acrobat/Reader
expert. Have you looked into any Adobe TechNotes for Reader?
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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