Adobe Flash keeps crashing my MacBook Pro

I've got the following setup:
1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo (Early 2006) MacBook Pro 15" (MacbookPro 1,1)
It's got 1GB RAM and an 80GB Hard Drive.
Fresh, clean install of OS X 10.6 (updated to 10.6.8 through Software Update).
Albeit having a malfunctioning keyboard (which I have disabled via Terminal) and a battery that needs to be replaced, I was having one very frustrating problem:
The d*mn thing kept shutting down unexpectedly. I don't mean a "PS I'm about to turn off, kay?" shut down but a full fledge cut the power, cut the cable, this girl is GONE kinda shut down. It was driving me NUTS! I dismantled, swapped out RAM, checked wires for melted insulation, re-installed OS X countless times...
WHAT IS CAUSING THIS?!?!

No need to wait for an answer - I've already figured it out... I just wanted to make sure there was a definitive question, followed by an answer for anyone else who may be researching this type of issue in the future (as I have not found anything particularly helpful elsewhere)...
I started by running the CPU through a stress test, thinking that perhaps the laptop was overheating and forcing a shutdown. Terminal>"yes". Five minutes and no shut down.
Okay, maybe I will try the GPU...
Sadly, I couldn't get the AHT to load. Sooo... I turn to the internet. At first I'm spending hours looking for the Image file of the Hardware Test and trying to get it to boot from a USB drive to no avail. Finally, I Google something along the lines of "GPU stress test" and choose the first option - some sort of Adobe Flash applet that allows you to set parameters for an intensive GPU test. I click "Start" on the Adobe Flash content and BOOM - laptop shuts down.
Hmmm... I pop over to the "Chrome://plugins" menu.
"Details"
Adobe Flash
There are two instances of Adobe Flash. One of them being "pepperflash". DISABLE THAT SHIZ.
Pepperflash has been a hindrance since I was testing a CR-48 Chromebook. The vain of my existence. So many issues because of pepperflash. And now it's forcing my MacBook to shut down!!! Disabled that sucker, and sure as the world is flat: I don't get random shutdowns.
I might add, when I say "shut down" I may mean "restart"... I don't know if maybe I had "Restart automatically" selected at any point in time, which would have resulted in restarts during the course of my reinstallations.

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