Adobe Patches Flash Player

Adobe has issued an update to Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) that patches several serious security vulnerabilities. The latest version is Flash Player 9.0.47.0 They’ve also updated the older version 7 to version 7.0.70.0.

The patch may be installed through the auto update feature of Flash Player or you can visit the About Flash Player page to see what version you have installed and download the update. You can also go directly to the Adobe Flash Player download page. If you run Flash under multiple browsers you’ll have to update the player for each browser. You’ll need to close all browser windows during the installation. The update is for Flash Player on both Windows and OS X.