How to see if a Flash Player update proposal is not a fake one?

Question

I'm getting very regular update proposals of my installed Flash Player.

Sometimes these update proposals are so frequent that I suspect some of them can't be serious ones..

Everytime I see the same window without any information about the update this is

proposing me:

I feel it is pretty too easy to make a fake window of this Flash Player update proposal window.

To build a virus which will pretend to be a Flash Player update, a cybercriminal just need to make

a copy of the always identical Flash Player update proposal window, and fire any sort of crapware download

from there.

I imagine the worldwide success of the Flash Player false updaters is coming from this much too

easy window without any version or new information.

Isn't there a potential target of 1.3 billion connected PC?

How may I recognise if a Flash Player update proposal is an official one or any fake?

pwillener · Accepted Answer

You are right: it is nearly impossible to tell if such a pop-up is authentic or fake.To avoid falling for a fake update, download and install updates manually when they become available.

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