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Tomasz77
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February 19, 2010
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Curious Flash player update

  • February 19, 2010
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Hi, I got a message stating that Adobe wanted to update my flash player and if I would allow changes to my computer today (19.2.210) when I started my machine. I run my computer every day.

I realized that the update request was not signed by Adobe only after clicking yes (silly me)!

That's the info in my Internet Explorer about Flash (I deactivated it after getting suspicious about the update):

Name            Shockwave Flash Object
Herausgeber     Adobe Systems Incorporated
Status          Deaktiviert
Dateidatum      Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010, 01:58
Version         10.0.42.34

Now I'm concerned about the security of my computer.

Have any other of you received an update today.

If any Adobe personnel reads this, is this update definitely bogus?

Thanks for your help

Tomasz

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    Hello eidnolb,

    thanks for your answer. I only wished you had given me the info a bit earlier that you also received an automatic update request, that would have spared me a bit of time and sorrow.

    I think there is one last thing to clarify: Got an info from Adobe support that the automatic update request should have transferred me to flashplayer download page at get.adobe.com. I think this would be very unusual, the normal way of things is that the program or control just gets updated after you click OK to the automatic update request. Did you get transferred to the website?

    Thx so far

    Thomas


    Hi Tomasz77, I'll try to explain a little bit. When Adobe or any other Company comes out with an Update, users have a choice in how they update. With this latest FP update, it came out on 2/11/10. I became aware of it on 2/12/10. Now I could have updated on 2/12/10 by going to several of the Adobe sites and updated. I chose to wait for Adobe to prompt me and update that way, because that is how my FP has always been updated. Many users receive not only the FP update automatically but Adobe Reader in the samer manner. I receive a prompt for Adobe Reader updates also.

    My Avast Anti-Virus does the same thing when a new version is available. A pop up comes up and tells me a new version is available. At that time I can click on it and Avast will update to the new version. Now, I also can go to their website and update from there. Microsoft is the same way. Many users have set their system for Automatic Updates, which whenever Microsoft has any update for Windows or IE it will be downloaded and updated automatically. I have chosen to have Microsoft advise me updates are available and choose which update I want and when. Now likewise, I can also go to the Windows update and download that way.

    When I receive a prompt from Adobe for Flash Player or Reader, I am not sent or transferred to any website. It is all done automatically, I just watch what is being done until it is finished. Then I go to my Flash folder to make sure the correct files have been installed, go to manage add ons to make sure Shockwave Flash Object has been also and Reboot. My opinion is that the person that told you that you would be transferred to a website during the process of the install via the prompt was/is mistaken. Makes no sense, what's the point?

    In your first post, you said you noticed that the update was not signed by Adobe and you deactivated it. The only way you could have checked during the uninstall and install was to have stopped the process and therefore the update was not finished. Then in your post#9 you said you updated IE & FF. At that point you should have used the Uninstaller first. Then in post#14, you used the Uninstaller. Then you installed FP, using the "get.adobe.com" site. That site has the DLM/GetPlus/NOS installer.

    I hope this has answered all of your questions.

    Thanks,

    eidnolb

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    MerryMort2000
    Participating Frequently
    February 19, 2010

    new flash player should be version 10.0.45.2

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    Tomasz77Author
    Inspiring
    February 19, 2010

    Thanks for your quick answer. Well yes, I thought so by looking at the forum. Makes me even more

    suspicious

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    Anonymous
    February 19, 2010

    Hi Tomasz77, Having read your thread, I would close all browsers, disconnect from the Internet and run a full Scan with

    your Anti-Virus/Spyware program.

    Then connect back to the Internet and check if the websites are working correctly.

    Then test here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about

    Post back if you have any questions.

    Thanks,

    eidnolb

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