Loud fan when using flash

I have a mid-2013 retina macbook pro (15 inch). About a month or two ago, I noticed that my fan has been acting up whenever I watch flash videos or flash games. I've had my laptop for over a year, and the fan has only recently been acting up. It doesn't matter whether I use chrome, firefox, or even safari: the fan still acts up. I checked activity monitor, and it tells me google chrome helper, firefox, or safari (depending on which browser I'm using) is the culprit. The percent CPU can go up to around 100+. As soon as I pause the video or close the browser, the percent CPU goes down and the fan begins quieting down. Is there a simple fix to this? As I said, this never use to happen to me before. I don't really want to reformat my computer if I can avoid it. Once apple releases Yosemite, do you think a simple update to that might fix things? Thanks!

Flash videos are very GPU and CPU intensive. It's not unusual for your fans to speed up because they're trying, desperately, to keep the processors as cool as they can.
What you're experiencing is just normal. I doubt Yosemite will 'fix' anything like this. I've not much experience with HTML5 video, but it may run cooler, for all I know. You can check yourself by switching your video preferences on YouTube to HTML5 -> https://www.youtube.com/html5.
Clinton
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Where is the "done" button in Flash CS4 when using Flash Builder 4's new flash component or container?
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