Is there a virus connected to a flash player update?

two weeks ago I downloaded an update to flash player. after that i started getting the blue screen of death and it would shut off IE. I took it too a repair shop and they said I needed a new hard drive. I had one installed and all my files copied over. Got it home and started getting the blue screen of death again. Ran Norton and another virus check and it said there were virus if a few programs and finally it locked up the computer. Last week i had my desk top and i also updated the flash player and with in 20 minutes after got the blue screen of death on it. I ran my Mirco Tred Titamium anti virus and it locked up the screen, would not let me uninstall it or any thing. so needless to say both are in the shop getting their memorys erased so I can start over. Is there a virus sneaking in with the flash player that the anti virus programs are not catching??

Norton is a nasty business; I have experienced this myself a few years ago. If you try to start your computer with their expired software, they will crash it HARD!
Regarding Flash Player, try a clean install by following these instructions: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/928315
then download the appropriate offline installer from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#Ins tall_in_a_firewall_proxy_server_environment
In the futute there will be no more need to download updates; Flash Player will be silently update in the background.

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