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I keep getting a flash player error while surfing the net.?
The error box pops up periodically. The error says:
"Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation.
The following local application on your computer or network:
about:blank
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."
So I tried to click settings, but noting happened except that the error box closed, which is exactly what happens when I just click OK. I thought it was a problem with my browser, but I've tried two more internet browsers with the same problem. Can anyone offer some insight?
Thanks!
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's probably an ad server and it's somehow causing flash to crap out when trying to load. Here's a trick you can use that will solve this issue.
Click Start -> Run, and type in
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
it may ask you what to use to open the file, use Notepad.
It should show you a line at the bottom that looks like this
127.0.0.1 localhost
add this line below it
127.0.0.1 spe.atdmt.com
and then click File -> Save As...
Then change "Save as type" to "All files (*.*)"
make sure the file name being saved is "hosts", not "hosts.txt", just the filename with no "txt" after it or anything.
Then click Save.
After this, you shouldn't get the error anymore (this redirects that webpage to your own computer instead).
