Adobe flash player crashes

I hope somebody can help me,
I have a new computer running Windows 8.1 64-bit and it's a Dell desktop. I use the Firefox browser. I installed Adobe flash player and it keeps crashing , please tell me there is some simple fix for this that's not too complicated because I am not that computer savvy. I tried to sites that I use that need the flash and they both crashed, very frustrating



Thank you.

 

that's the one I did install and it keeps crashing, I like Firefox and just don't understand why it crashes with Adobe flash player?

 

It does not crash in Google Chrome which I just now installed.. I did go on the Firefox site but didn't have any results there, it's okay in Internet Explorer also.. Thank you Joe for your time in replying to my questions.

 

If you have FF 37, update it to 37.0.1
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/37.0.1/releasenotes/
it is a bug fix for "Start-up crash due to graphics hardware and third party software".

 

Now that I can use youtube without flash I don't install the program anymore, they use HTML5 now, I believe. That being said I try to stay away from IE, and never use Chrome. Always in the market for a new browser though.

 

Also make sure you have the latest Flash Player for Firefox.

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html

Scroll to the bottom and download •Flash Player for Firefox - NPAPI. Ensure your browser is closed whilst installing it.