How to create a flash banner for free

Hi friends, I am new to this forum… and I don’t know much where to post what, so I am making a new thread here. so the reason behind my post is.I want to learn how to create a flash banner for free. Where should I start? What program or software that I need to install? Please guide me step by step since I really don’t have any knowdlege about creating flash banner. I had downloaded the adobe flash player but can’t see the adobe flash player icon in my p.c, or is the adobe flash player got another name after I downloaded it?