Adobe Flash Player for the Mac is a plug-in, not a Mac OS X application. When you try to uninstall Adobe Flash Player from your Mac, you might find that this plug-in is not so easy to delete. For example, you might see this message.
What is Adobe Flash Player ? What is Adobe Flash Player update ?
Do you see Adobe Flash Player update pop-up in Windows ? Is it safe ? What is Adobe Flash Player ? In the past 3 years, many people asked us these questions. That’s why we are writing this blog post today. We will let you know what it does, and what Adobe Flash Player update does.
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player (labeled Shockwave Flash in Internet Explorer and Firefox) is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices.
Definition from Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player

Simply, it is a software for viewing videos on web browser or on your computer. Do you know Youtube ? Youtube is one of the biggest video sharing website in the world. They require the Adobe Flash Player in order for you to watch any contents on Youtube.
Adobe Flash Player Update
As soon as you install the Adobe Flash Player, This also will install software updater, and the updater will automatically pop-up to ask you if it is okay to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to it’s latest version. It is safe.
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Beware of Adobe Flash Player Virus
We are letting you know that there are Adobe Flash Player Virus. It pretends that you need Adobe Flash Player update, when you are browsing internet. They look very similar to the genuine Adobe Flash Player update. Here are the tips on how to say which is real Adobe Flash Player update.
1. Normally, a fake Adobe Flash Player update appears when you are browing internet in a new tab or current page.

2. Genuine Adobe Flash Player update often ask you to update when you starts the Windows. It also appears when you are browsing internet, but compared to the fake one, the web page has better graphic quality. Normally, it ask you to update, when you try to watch Adobe Flash Player based videos when fake ones just redirect you to thier fake update websites.
3. Genuine Adobe Flash Player update will lead you to their official website. (Make sure the website address looks like www.adobe.com)
Is Adobe Flash Player Safe To Download
If you're using an out-of-date version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in, you may see the message “Blocked plug-in,” “Flash Security Alert,” or “Flash out-of-date” when attempting to view Flash content in Safari.
Clicking the indicator displays a message that Adobe Flash Player is out of date:

To continue viewing Flash content, update to a later version of Adobe Flash Player:
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- Click the Download Flash button. Safari opens the Adobe Flash Player page on the Adobe website.
- Follow the instructions on the Adobe website to download and install the latest version of the plug-in.
If you need to use an older version of Flash Player, you can use Internet plug-in management in Safari to run the plug-in in unsafe mode for websites that you trust.
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Contact Adobe if you need help downloading, installing, or using Adobe Flash Player.