Flash Player Auto-update problems

Hi,
In our environment we have Win 7 64bit Pro PCs, IE10 and users are NOT administrators.  We install Flask Player 11.8.x using the MSI silent switches, with the autoupdate service disabled, the scheduled task for auto-update deleted and the MMS.CFG file configured to AutoUpdateDisable=1.
My current problem is that some users have now been prompted to upgrade their Flash player.  This occurs during logon with task manager showing "FlashUtil32_11_8_800_168_ActiveX.exe /update activex" as an active process.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing the autoupdate?  IS it possibly casued by Internet Explorer initiating the ocx? Any ideas welcome.
Many thanks in advance,
Andy

I should have also mentioned that if a user clicks [Install]
and follows the instructions, after being taken to the Flash
download page and trying to install, our own Flash detection code
no longer works. This means our users are prevented from launching
our app.

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