Adobe Flash crashes after 9/7/14 update.

I updated Adobe Flash a few days ago (9/7 if I'm correct)  and since that time Adobe Flash frequently stops operating and crashes constantly in Firefox (about 15 times according to my crash report function) -- showing a dialogue screen that says it has stopped operating and querying if I want to continue using the plug in or stop it. 

(I specifically have Flash set on manual download  to figure these kinds of things out because the last time something like this happened after an Adobe update the audio shut off on Youtube -- and it was an Adobe problem.) 

The Firefox forum has a long thread on this current problem.. trying to figure out if it's Firefox -- .but I suspect it may be Adobe (as it was in the Youtube case.)  May I recommend that Adobe install a "feedback" site for crashes after updates so that you can find these faster -- if indeed they are Adobe issues?  The Youtube problem took almost two weeks to fix and I think it was because you didn't know.

Thanks..   If you have another answer that would be great -- in the mean time I'll keep using Chrome until I get an answer...

p.s. I have already disabled protect mode and hardware acceleration in Firefox to see if that helps.  It doesn't.