Adobe Flash player keeps popping up/malware

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December 2, 2019
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hi all,

i have a macbook air early 2015 and im running mac os mojave (10.14.3). every 15/30 minutes adobe flash player install manager keeps popping up, asking to download the newest version. But i doubt if its the real adobe flash player. It looks very legit but its called adobe flash player install manager, instead of adobe flash player installer. When i searched for this on internet it said that it could be a malicious version of adobe. When i try to delete this from my laptop it keeps asking for my password to delete it. Do you think that i can trust this and delete it? Or isn't it malicious?

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_maria_

Community Manager

Official Flash Player update notification doesn't display that often, or in that manner. It's plausible it's a malicious notification. Please post a screenshot of the pop-up window you are getting.

Thank you.

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_maria_

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That looks like the official Flash Player Update Notification, but it shouldn't display that often.

Please copy & paste the contents of the “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager/FPSAUConfig.xml” file. Also, provide the permissions for this file.

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