It is important for any user to check the version of flash player installed on his computer because using old versions of flash player plug-in for browsers can cause un stability, crashes and allow an attacker to run malicious code on his computer.
Recently Mozilla concerned about this and will send alerts to Firefox users having old flash player plug-ins after security update of future Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 versions. It is quite surprise that 80% of users using outdated flash player versions.
Ways to check flash player plug-in installed in your browser
Method #1 : Open Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add\remove Programs>select Adobe Flash Player 9 or 10 plug-in and click “click here for support information “ you can see the flash player version. (This will not be conclusive if multiple flash player plug-ins are installed. It is recommended to uninstall previous versions of flash player and then install new flash player only.)
The below methods require internet access to check flash player version.
Method #2. Open flash player about page in your browser , you can see flash player version for your browser and also latest flash player version information for all browsers .
Method #3. Version test for Adobe Flash Player
A SWF movie in abode website displays the current version of flash player installed including operating system details .
