Adobe has just released a security update for Flash Player 11.2.202.233 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.7 and earlier versions for Android 4.x, and Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.8 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x.

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Make sure you update the version of Flash for whichever browsers you like to use at Adobe Flash browser alternatives.

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Internet Explorer has also received another, less visible update: both the desktop and Metro versions have Flash 11.3 built in.

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Users will also get automatic updates to Flash, via the browsers own auto-update feature, Upson wrote.

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