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September 2, 2016
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A pop up that looks like official adobe upgade keeps coming up on my screen wanting me to upgrade my flashplayer. I have not "upgraded yet" the web address of this upgrade is ""https://xeofewhisper"" this looks suspicious and it come back frequentle

  • September 2, 2016
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What is going on here.

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    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    September 12, 2016

    Yep.  It's hard to guess about the origin of the pop-up, but if you're seeing it all over the web while you're browsing, you might want to power-cycle your router, then immediately update the firmware.  There's a worm that infects a wide swatch of consumer-grade routers, which injects similar notifications into webpages.  People generally aren't good about keeping the firmware on their hardware up-to-date, and manufacturers historically don't set them to automatically update. 

    If this sounds like you, updating your router's firmware regularly is a good practice, and may resolve the source of those pop-ups.  If it doesn't, I'd run a reputable anti-virus and anti-malware package on your computer, as it's possible that similar tricks are happening locally...

    _maria_
    Legend
    September 2, 2016

    As the OP states, that's most likely spam as that's not the official site to get Flash Player from.  I recommend updating your anti-virus/malware/adware software and running a complete scan of your system


    Unfortunately that website is not coming up and a search for the owner of the domain is also not successful.  If you provide a screenshot of the pop-up, including URL, I will forward it to the fraud department.

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 2, 2016

    Without knowing where you are seeing that, my GUESS is malware on a web page

    Getting Flash Player https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer is the official link