Gosh, I dislike everything about Adobe

Thanks guys for all the suggestions.  I've read through the various forum messages, and determined that this crash is fairly common for ESPN3.  In the past, using Adobe 10, I experienced similarly crashes each time I tried to manipulate ESPN3's "Event Viewer",  without waiting patiently for the introductory streaming video to complete approximately 30 seconds of initial contact.  It was most annoying, but eventually I became less impatient and waited through the initial 30 seconds and did not attempt to do anything other than wait (e.g. click any other arrows, links, etc.)  On the other hand, this Adobe 11 problem begins within the first 15 seconds of connecting with the introductory video:  that is, the audio part plays -- and will continue to play for approximately 1.5 minutes before the total crash -- but the video never begins.

Since my above complaint, I uninstalled Adobe 11 using the Windows 7 "uninstall programs".  Then realized that I needed somekind of Adobe to access the Nasdaq realtime charts so I reluctantly reinstalled 11, as I could not find any reference to 10 anywhere! Yet I have not attempted to access ESPN3.  (Of course, my uninstall and reinstall was on a fly and probably NOT a correct procedure however I will deal with that momentarily.) 

In reading through the various forum messages, there appear to be two relevant issues: one is something called "HW" to  which I am unfamiliar, and would like further clarification (e.g. Hitomi, is HW the same thing as HD and merely a typographical mistake or is it something else altogether.  Anagrams are usually best explained outright rather than implied by their initials, don't you think?).  A second issue is the malware "Google redirect" to which I am also unfamiliar, and would like further explanation.

Carl and Chris, thanks for your replies.  I am sorry I was remiss in stating that I have Windows 7  64-bit and use Internet Explorer 9.0.8112, protected by Kaspersky 2011 antivirus.

It's easy to see that this issue of "crashing" is fairly common for Adobe 11 so what angers me is why was this upgrade released to an unsuspecting, general public without either: a warning of its instability should something go remiss, or with a backup link to a quick recovery such as the above download link to the Adobe 10?  Darn you, Oracle, I missed seeing an anticipated football game.  Shame on you.  This is why I dislike these upgrade downloads altogether; no one anticipates the havoc they often create.

We'd like to investigate your crashes further, so having the information Carl mentioned would be important.  In addition, I'd like to recommend taking a look at this page that describes some additional steps you can take to fix the crashing and specific information we'll need to follow up.

How do I troubleshoot and report problems with Flash Player Video?

If you'd just like to go back to version 10.3, please use the following steps:

1. Download the stand alone uninstaller

2. Close all your browser windows

3. Run the uninstaller

4. Restart your computer

5. Delete the following folder, depending on your operating system type:

• Windows 32bit - c:\Windows\system32\macromed
• Windows 64bit - c:\windows\syswow64\macromed

6. Download and install Flash Player located here:

• Flash Player for Internet Explorer
• Flash Player for other browsers

Chris