Adobe finally fixed crashing issues of its Flash Player 11.3 in Firefox by releasing new version please note the Flash Version before this update with Protected Mode is 11.3.300.257 and latest version number is 11.3.300.262. If you don’t know Adobe released Flash Player 11.3 with Protected Mode by default for Firefox, but this version of flash has issues as it started crashing in Firefox and also other issues experienced by users like flash videos not played on sites like YouTube, though Adobe and Mozilla suggested workarounds such as disabling of Protected Mode and downgrading to Flash Player 11.2 both are not recommended from the security point of view. But with the current release Adobe has finally fixed flash problem in Firefox.
Download New Flash Player Update from Adobe to Prevent Flash Player from Crashing in Firefox
While it may take a while for Flash Player background updater on your Computer to catch the update, you can download this version of Flash and install on your PC to continue access flash content in a Sandbox securely in Firefox browser without any issues.
![flash player 11.3.300.262 thumb Adobe Releases Update for Flash Player 11.3 to Fix Flash Issues in Firefox [Updated]](http://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/flash-player-11.3.300.262.png "flash player 11.3.300.262")
Those who’ve downgraded to Flash 11.2 are advised to upgrade to this version and users who disabled protected Mode temporarily needs to turn on Sandbox for Flash Player in Firefox before or after installing this version.
How to confirm Protected Mode is enabled for Flash Player in Firefox?
Protected Mode is enabled for Flash player in Firefox if two processes named “FlashPlayerPlugin_11_3_300_262.exe” appears running on the Task Manager under Processes tab.
Download Flash Player from here.
Direct download link or offline installer for this Flash Player version.
We’ll update here with more information once Adobe announces about this update on their blog.
Update: Flash Player 11.3 release notes confirms that Flash issues in Firefox have been fixed.
Here is what said in release notes
Fixed issues”
Users experience crashes while viewing Flash content in Firefox on Windows(3211153)”
This blog post from Adobe also mentions the same.
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Since i’ve updated to 11.3 one of this process take until 80% for CPU usage when a flash is on in FF!
Any help?
Thanks!
Have you upgraded to latest version, 80% usage is surprise for me, try resetting Firefox and uninstall and reinstall flash again.
No, it’s not fixed if you run Vista 64 bit Premium. Youtube, or any video or game that uses Flash Player does not load with Firefox.
When trying to play youtube videos, the sound is still awful…crackling , static, echo effect and more…impossible in firefox….yet perfect playback in internet explorer…how does this stuff happen, with supposedly the best tech minds around, at the controls?
I came across your article trying to find if someone else has the same problem.
After installing this new update, my cpu will go up to 100% and stall (70-80% for firefox alone). I was, as usual,opening 5-8 tabs and just 1-3 sites known to me has flash advertising or banner on the site.
Firefox 12 & 13 works OK with flash 11.3 when you use the plugin from Google Chrome – gcswf32.dll instead the plugin made for Firefox (NPSWF32.dll).
Sorry I didn’t get you, can’t understand. Can you elaborate a bit.
In my case I use portable Firefox downloaded at http://portableapps.com/apps/internet
I just extract the flash plugin (gcswf32.dll) from Google Chrome (also portable version).
Then I rename it into NPSWF32.dll and place it in the \Data\plugins folder of Firefox (portable).
In this way the flash works for me fine – no crashing of Firefox.
(Portable Google Chrome comes with the flash plugin in it, while Portable Firefox do not.)
Having same problem, i have 2 Flashplayerplugin_11_3_300_262.exe I try watching the New Trailer of The Amazing Spider-Man after i lunch full screen it crashed on me. I try remove it. reinstalling it. Nothing works. So no they have not fix it as they said.
I even try removing the file than cleaning out the Registry of adobe and still same problem. So yeah it on there end.
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