Hi there-
Out of nowhere, I'm unable to run AOL anymore. I get an error msg stating:

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Macromedia Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation.
The following application on your computer or network:
mad:\\105D710F-CC2A-4F90-87EA-E650C74BAFAD\default.htm
is trying to communicate with this Internet-enabled location:
spe.atdmt.com

To let this application communicate with the Internet, click Settings. You
must restart the application after changing your settings.
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... the choices are "OK" and "Settings...". When I click OK, or the close X,
the window disappears & then reappears in 15 seconds. Nothing happens when I
click settings. WHAT is going on? I've run every Virus checker & computer
checker I have and have found nothing. Do I need to uninstall Flash Player? I
need AOL to run my business! It was working find this AM and suddenly its not!

Thank you,
Melissa

I'm having the same problem...just started today. Tried the same fixes,
nothing has worked so far. But I have been able to continue to use my AOL mail
by going to the AOL.com website and signing in there (rather than using the AOL
icon shortcut). The error messages haven't appeared there so far.

Anyone know what's happening?

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As of 4/25/2006 Adobe Technical Support has become aware of an issue
effecting AOL customers. AOL customers launching AOL's mail application
receive a Flash Player security message "Macromedia Flash Player has
stopped a potentially unsafe operation".

This is a standard Flash Player security warning. For more information
and an example of the security warning, please read " How do I let local
Flash content communicate with the Internet?"
(http://www.macromedia.com/go/4c093f20). Flash Player is performing as
designed, to protect users from unauthorized applications on their
machines performing potentially malicious operations.

It is your decision whether or not you allow the application to connect
to the internet. If you want to allow the connection, follow the
instructions in the TechNote referenced above. If you do not want to
allow the connection, simply click OK in the security message window. If
you are unsure whether to allow the connection, you should contact the
web site identified in the error message to find out what application is
causing the message to appear, and determine if you wish to allow the
operation.

In the following security message, the web site to contact for more
information is atdmt.com.

"Macromedia Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation The
following local application on your computer or network:
mad:\\03BEDE57-4A24-4ABB-8EA8-916A-DA14911\default.html
is trying to communicate with this internet enabled location
spe.atdmt.com"

This is not an issue that can be resolved by Adobe Technical Support.
This is a content development issue on the AOL side. You can choose to
trust the location in the error message, but you do so at your own risk.
We've informed AOL of the issue and are relying on them to repair it
with their content developers.

Bentley Wolfe
Senior Support Engineer, Flash/Flash Player

Thanks Bently for taking time to respond on this. Clicking OK in the message
box doesn't work, simply makes the message go away for a few seconds...then it
pops back up. can't AOLwhile it appears.

An AOL tech walked me through a fix last night -- clearing footprints and then
going to the Macromedia site to change Flash Player Settings. I had selected
always allow, but after reading your note, have changed to always deny. Guess
I'll find out soon enough if this has ramifications.

Would like to learn more about this, I attempted to go to the " How do I let
local Flash content communicate with the Internet?" page, but get an error
message saying "page not found".

Thanks again

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I've heard that in a few other reports but it doesn't make sense. That
Setttings button is only an HTML link that takes you directly to the
settings manager page on Macromedia.com:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html

So the only reason I can see for it to fail is if AOL's browser is
somehow not catching (or blocking) the request for the page.

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There are a -lot- of articles about changes in Flash Player 8 security.
If you really want to read about it, start here and follow the links:

"Security changes in Flash Player 8"
http://www.macromedia.com/go/13530cdd

A lot of that stuff is written for Flash Developers. But there's a lot
of meaty stuff there if you're interested.

Bentley Wolfe
Senior Support Engineer, Flash/Flash Player
*Macromedia, now a division of Adobe Systems

Does anybody know what the mad:// in
mad:\\03BEDE57-4A24-4ABB-8EA8-916A-DA14911\default.html stand for. Is that
some proprietary protocol to either Flash or AOL. If so does anyone have any
information about it ? Thanks.