Why does Adobe Flash keep trying to uninstall?

Sometimes when I go to a random web page (today I was on Macrumors), adobe flash player opens a window
asking if I want to "proceed with uninstallation". I'm really confused... is this a virus or something? It's happened
periodically when I go to various different sites, always popping up with the same window and trying to uninstall.
Is there some solution to this?

Go here and install Flash regardless if you need it or not.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
If the problem continues, you may have the FlashBlock trojan installed download the free ClamXav and run a scan, keep running one every other day.
Right now it's new and not everyone has a line on it yet to make a up a definition.
Apple will of course update the safe downloads, perhaps provide info how to remove it
What it sounds like is when you visit a web page with Flash, something installed is trying to get you to remove it, like prankware.
I suspect you could have picked this up at a Mac site like MacRumors...someone with a grudge again our most cherished and loved Abode Flash!
Where would the wonderful World Wide Web be without it?

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* http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_Uninstall_the_older_Flash_Player_version
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1.Download the Flash setup file from here: 
[http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe Adobe Flash - Plugin version]. 
Save it to your Desktop. 
2. Close Firefox using File > Exit 
then check the Task Manager > Processes tab to make sure '''firefox.exe''' is closed, 
{XP: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Vista: Shift+Ctrl+ESC = Processes tab}
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/opt/firefox/firefox: ERROR: cannot open `/opt/firefox/firefox' (No such file or directory)
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/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin'
/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin: symbolic link to `/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so'
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/lib/lightspark/lightspark.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/lightspark/lightspark.so' (No such file or directory)
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foodjewellerydirect wrote:
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* http://www.youtube.com/swf_test.html (right-click the player: Settings)
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* http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/839/cpsid_83952.html
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and then switch to another browser. I CAN'T USE FIREFOX.
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but that didn't matter at all. It still blocks me out.
HELP!!!!!!! How do I stop this?
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http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
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