Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX version 11.9.900.170 Bug; unknown background audio playing

[Guest]

1/13/2014 I download Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX version 11.9.900.170 for the 5th time in over a week and keep getting a corrupted version that is playing audio from a unknown source when I am not on the internet but using one of my software. I have downloaded with abc go.com and NFL.co and I get the audio in background that is not part of what I am watching and can not turn off because it is playing thru your player software. I uninstall it and no audio, as soon as I download it again the same problem, then I have to uninstall gain, I just uninstalled again.

[C_F_McBlob]

Flash Player is"playing" the audio... IT ISN'T CAUSING IT.

You have what's known as "adware" that has hijacked your browser.

Usually it opens a window with a javascript, either minomized, or as a "popunder" or it can set it to open "offscreen", and then it plays where you can't see it to close it. You need to run a thorough system scan, and check your browser plugins, as well as look for suspicious programs in your Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features section.

Again, Flash Player ISN'T the cause. It's just the mechanism by which this malware is delivered.