All I know is, when Chrome crashed, it said specifically that it was Shockwave's fault. And, even if it is Flash, I uninstalled every single Adobe product and reinstalled it. And, once again, every time I wanted to watch a video or something that was streaming live, my browser (regardless of browser; Chrome, Firefox or IE) crashed.
On edit -- OK. I know more now. When I went in to check my plug-ins for Firefox, I was told that Shockwave needed to be updated. So I updated it. I re-checked my plug-ins, and it STILL says I need to update Shockwave. When I'd re-loaded Shockwave last night, I did it directly from the Adobe website, so you'd think it was the most recent. Something is very wrong, and I'm hoping someone at Adobe might know what it is. Everything worked until late last week.
