How do I upgrade Flash manually?

Question

I am getting periodic panels from "Adobe Flash Player Install Manager" telling me that there is a Flash update, but so far I haven't been able to puzzle out whether this is

a) a real upgrade from adobe rather than a trojan horse from God-only-knows-who

b) if it is a real upgrade, how to get it and install it.

This is what the panel looks like:

Pushing the "See details..." link takes me to the basically useless page http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/releasenotes.html#p10 which anyone can write a link to, and gives no clue as the what would actually be downloaded and installed and where it would come from.

If I have a url that is at adobe.com and has a file that I can download and install -- and I can see for myself that it is COMING from adobe.com -- then I will download and install it. But I sure as hell am not going to push the "INSTALL" button and put in an Administrator username/password on some random panel of unknown origin that just pops up on my computer!

Jeffrey_A_Wright · Answer

Cathy_f please repost your inquiry into our Flash Player forum. If you would prefer I can move this thread to the forum but the Flash Player moderator has requested we direct users to the general page. Many of the most frequently asked questions have been answered previously so I would recommend you review the FAQ and utilize the search feature within the Flash Player forum.

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