Flash player freezes browser after watching 2 or 3 videos

I have been having this problem for a while now and it is beginning to drive me insane.
I am using Chrome with Flash player version 11.8.800.170 on Windows 7 32 bit
When I boot up my computer I am able to watch 2 or 3 videos, occasionally a few more, with no problems. When I load another, the video will load and play for about 10 sec before it freezes. At this point the whole browser will stop working. Webpages already open will look normal and the browsers seems fine unless I try to open another tab or refresh a page. Nothing will load. The only way to fix the problem is to reboot the whole computer and start again.
I have tried on Firefox as well with the same problem. I followed the guide on how to uninstall and load a previous flash version to see if that fixed it but wasn't successfull.
It might be unrelated but when I tried to sign in via the adobe forum page to create this topic Chrome reported the link as not found. I have had to use my fiance's Mac with the same internet connection in order to post this.
Any ideas are extremely welcome! I really hope someone is able to help me, like I said, this problem is driving me nuts!

1.) Do you have the same issue in other browsers?
2.) Do you see an improvement when you disable hardware acceleration (instructions in the troubleshooting guide below):
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html
3.) Are you using any ad-blocking, anti-tracking, video capture plugins or software firewalls? If so, what are they (include versions)?
If you're still stuck, please follow the directions in the guide on providing the dxdiag report and additional information about what you tested and saw.

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