How do I know if the Adobe Flash Player Update is legitimate?

With all the buzz about the Trojan Flashback nowadays how can I be certain the popup window requesting me to update Adobe Flash Player is legitimate?
I just finished updating software through the Software Update... route and Adobe was not part of any of the four programs installed.
I also verified my computer is not infected though I do not have an antivirus program installed. So what do I do now?
Thanks.

Check your plug-ins here and follow the links, this site is trustworthy. Bookmark it.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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That's a loaded question simply because of the most obvious answer, which would be "Look for the Adobe® logo".
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