sOLVED MY OWN PROBLEM TOUCH WOOD. DOWNLOADED OFFICIAL ADOBE UNINSTALLER AND INSTALLER...MINIMISED THEM...CLOSED FIREFOX... UNINSTALLED AND INSTALLED....FIXED.
Freezes on utube, bbc etc.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Surely Adobe have an answer. Googling the problem shows this is a massive problem. 3 yr old Asus A6R laptop winXP.

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