I have a Macbook Pro bought in 2009. Are there any upgrades I can do to fix the Flash Shockwave that takes forever to load and keeps my computer as slow as dial up?
That is an Adobe product. See their website for upgrades. You also might look into upgrading OS X on your computer.
Not having the latest Adobe Flash Player would not, by itself, would not drag your system to a crawl.
If your internet experience/performance online is it is slow, then I suggest that if you're still using the version of Apple's Safari that is part of OS X Snow Leopard, that version of Safari is long out of date and no longer secure.
You need to stop using safari ASAP, if not sooner, and switch to using another, third party web browser, like Mozilla Firefox.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
With a more recent and secure web browser, you can now download and install the current,up to date Adobe Flash Player.
Good Luck!
If Your entire system and Mac is slow, then I recommend that you download, install and run Etrecheck.
Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic report tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft.
Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.
This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running different versions of OS X.
It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.
Thank You.
Shockwave Flash Updates for OSX 10.6.8
