Flash plug-in/Safari problem - "Plugin - click to load."

Question

Hi guys,
Whenever i load a site containing flash in Safari, "Plugin - click to load" will appear in the area of the flash. The rest of the site loaded fine.
http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2sj2.jpg
I tried repairing permission, uninstalling flash player, reinstalling Flash player(latest) & resetting safari but that doesn't solve the problem. I read that there are some problems with flash Player 9 but have yet to come across anyone with the same problem as mine...so im wondering if the source of problem is the player itself or my safari. Flash sites load completely fine in my old Mozilla 1.7.13.
Pls advice what else can i do now? Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: ihomme

Answer 1

Your first link looks like the correct Adobe download page for FlashPlayer, the second one does not.
But either way, it should not appear when you go to a page requiring Flash when you already have it.
Could the following be relevant to your problem?
From MacWorld Aug. 8, 2008:
Fake CNN news malware spreading fast
Over a thousand hacked sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users duped into clicking on links in mail that's part of a massive spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications.
The bogus messages, which claim to be from the CNN.com news website, include links to what are supposedly the day's Top Ten news stories and Top Ten news video clips from the cable network. Clicking on any of those links, however, brings up a dialogue that says an incorrect version of Flash Player has been detected, and tells users they needed to update to a newer edition.
One distinguishing feature of the attack, Masiello added, is the endless loop it uses to frustrate victims. If user clicks "Cancel" in the dialogue that prompts for an update, another pop-up appears, said Masiello, that tells the victim that they have to download it to view the video. Clicking "Cancel" there returns the user to the first dialogue.
"It puts you in this perpetual loop, so your only options are to kill your browser session or be brow-beaten into installing it,"
Adobe is aware of the malware posing as its Flash Player, and on Monday warned users to ignore any updates that didn't originate on its own servers. "Do not download Flash Player from a site other than adobe.com," said David Lenoe, Adobe's product security program manager, in an entry on Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team's PSIRT blog. "This goes for any piece of software (Reader, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, etc.). If you get a notice to update, it's not a bad idea to go directly to the site of the software vendor and download the update directly from the source. If the download is from an unfamiliar URL or an IP address, you should be suspicious."
People who okayed the download of the bogus flash.exe file, said Danchev, instead received a Trojan horse -- identified by multiple names, including Cbeplay.a -- that in turn "phones home" to a malicious server to grab and install additional malware.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?email&NewsID=22323
The latest development is this:
Computer security firms are warning about an attack that hijacks the clipboard where copied text is stored.
The attack puts a hard-to-delete weblink into the clipboard that, if followed, leads people to a website selling fake security software.
The code that inserts the link has been found in flash-based adverts seen on many legitimate websites.
The attack on the clipboard has hit both Windows and Mac users of the Firefox web browser.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7567889.stm