If you want the latest versions of flash for security and compatibility purposes on your machine, but hate installing extra unessisary garbage like Adobe's Download Manager, here are the links to the latest flash downloads:
Windows
- Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer) (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ax.exe)
- Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers) (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe)
- Flash Player PPAPI Plug-in (Chrome, Chromium Browsers) (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe)
Anytime there is a Flash update, these links will work. I will make sure I keep them up to date for everyone.