1111344 - Flash Player v15 add-on erroneously deactivated

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Axel]

Attachment: Firefox Flash Problem.png

Since v32, Firefox doesn't seem to accept current Adobe Flash Player add-on.

It's always marked as being "unsafe" (see screenshot attached).

Comment 1

[Axel]

Attachment: Firefox Flash Problem 2.png

Possible cause for the error: Wrong update date.

Comment 2

[Axel]

Firefox seems to display/store a wrong update date.

I have updated Flash Player a few minutes ago (Dec. 14, 2014), but Firefox reads "Sept. 14, 2014".

Comment 3

[Loic]

Flash is not an add-on, it's a plugin. And the latest version of Flash is 16.0.0.235.
Remove the old version of Flash installed on your machine with the tool provided by Adobe:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

Then download and install Flash 16.0.0.235.

Comment 4

[Axel]

Thanks. That's been the solution.

Strange, though, that Adobe Flash Player (IE11) requested to update yesterday while the Firefox version wasn't updated.

I've been assuming that both, IE11 plug-in and FF plug-in, were the same, just with a separate COM interface layer.