Okay,... I "reset" my browzer, deleted Flash and all of its family, deleted Lightspark and its plugins and everthing else extra that I had added for video playback, confirmed I had the most recent Firefox then downloaded Flash again, when asked for a plugin, insalled Lightspark and nothing else and all seems well again.
The only thing I reinstalled after a browzer reset was my search engine list. I did not reinstall the download helper or any other addons that may have caused the conflict.