Why is flash player is crashing?

My flash player has been crashing for about 3h weeks now; this player worked fine for 2 years and now not. When I check the latest version, it's the latest, so why is this a problem?

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1195540
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There's no reason to go back to an older version. Just download the latest from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
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Firefox won't close and always a flashplayer logo in my taskbar - have LATEST everything. Sick of your buggy buggy software, Adobe!!! Since the 1990's been dealing with your arrogant programming strategy of ignoring other software and letting the users just "deal with it". I mourn for MacroMedia and hope for your demise as a company!!
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* [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
* [[Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again]]

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