Macbook Pro froze when playing flash video in windows 7, help!

I have a Macbook Pro 17 inch early 2011 model that is only a few days old. The only modification is the RAM upgrade from 4GB to 8GB.
I have Windows 7 running via boot  camp however, earlier today, ehilst playing a youtube video, the whole system froze and I heard a buzzing sound. I had to force the system to shut off with the power button. I'm now back in Mac OS X Lion.
Is this a known issue? A one-off? Can I do anything to stop it?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

If you said using Lion, I would say "yes" but Windows 7, a big "No" rock solid and can handle tons of flash content etc.
Maybe your browser or something. Bit of advice: avoid Safari, 5.x was not well designed or multithreaded and 5.1 has huge issues for Windows, Apple Common Support version 2.0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support
IE9 and any version of Mozilla Firefox are fine, but nothing is as good as the weakest plug in or link.
Also, MSSE is a good security program and never caused or allowed harm. Otherwise, I use Kaspersky 2011 Suite on one system.
There are always those that will want to use Fake Flash player and try to find a way to fool people to download and install fake codecs or even fake AV software.
Do a Safe boot, chkdsk, CCleaner, run %TEMP% and clean out the junk there.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Kaspersky Security Products
And make sure you are current with Adobe etc.
Safari Windows

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