Can you get a virus from just running flash player in Google Chrome?

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March 6, 2019
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I've seen a lot of articles talking about Flash being easy to hack. I can't tell if they are referring to installing fake versions of Flash, or the real flash player. If I were to run a real version of Flash using Google Chrome, would I be likely to get a virus from it, if I were to come across a sketchy site?

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What do you mean by "normal Flash"? Flash does also come with Windows 10 because it is part of Internet Explorer and Edge browsers, and with recent versions of Mac OS because it is part of Safari. Why do you want to run "Adobe Flash Player Install Manager" specifically on your (I assume) Mac?

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Adobe fix all known attacks for Flash quickly. But hackers are working hard to find new attacks, and one day they may succeed, with Flash as with Chrome itself, with Windows or Mac OS. All of these products are continually finding and fixing security holes.

It is MUCH easier to just offer fake downloads of Flash and other software to the unwary, though. This is happening non-stop.

See also Zero Day Explolit: Zero-day (computing) - Wikipedia

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SkylerbobAuthor

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I'm using Flash for chrome, but I think I have normal flash installed too. If I use the "Adobe Flash Player Install Manager" to install, will I still be able to use the chrome version?

Robert Mc Dowell

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in 2019 it's not as easy as it was before to carry a virus with Flash. Btw you can get a virus with javascript and html5 without any problem.

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