Flash Player Clashes and Browser Hang

Hi, I have been experiencing the following problem for the past few weeks.
My IE and Firefox hang after finished viewing video via Adobe Flash Player. I was prompted to send a crashed report and reload the page before the browser is responsive again.
I am using the updated browser and did try disabling hardware acceleration but problem unsolved.
Amazingly my Chrome browser is not being affected.
Please help out, thanks.

Thanks for sending the Crash report. If you wouldn't mind, we'd like to get more information from you. This FAQ details the info we'll need:
How do I report a Flash Player crash to Adobe?

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