shockwave flash crashing on chrome browser

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hi all appreciate any help on this

every half an hour or so chrome grinds to a halt and i get a message saying shockwave flash player has crashed

i googled the problem and it appears pretty common place , i disabled the player in Google chrome then tools but it still regularly causes an issue

cant understand why it crashes even when looking at sites that i presume dont use a media player?

thanks