Is this a legit Adobe site?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
January 2, 2019
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I have been bombarded with websites popping up telling me to update Adobe flash player. I checked in my"system preferences" which tells me I am up to date.

I also went to the Adobe website and downloaded the same version I already had. I am using an Apple iMac and OS 10.11.6, Safari v 11.1.2 and Flash player v 32.0.0.101

Some of the websites these requests come from are:

Adobe Flash from:

[malicious links removed]

So my question are these legit websites? Can I click on them?

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Correct answer _maria_

None of those are legit. I'll forward your post to the fraud team for follow-up.

If you're system is bombarded with pop-ups there's something wrong with it, most likely malware or similar. My colleague has a reply to situations like this: Re: Fake FlashPlayer Update? Long story short, you want to clean up your system, most likely a complete system restore/format at this point.

_maria_

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None of those are legit. I'll forward your post to the fraud team for follow-up.

If you're system is bombarded with pop-ups there's something wrong with it, most likely malware or similar. My colleague has a reply to situations like this: Re: Fake FlashPlayer Update? Long story short, you want to clean up your system, most likely a complete system restore/format at this point.

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Thanks for the answers and NO I haven't clicked on any of these websites but wanted to bring them to your attention. I have been in touch with Apple and they recommended another mapware program then I had been using and 9 malware whatevers were removed. I seem to be OK now but will keep an eye on everything.

Ad and pop-up blockers didn't help any since they were websites opening in another tab, not pop-ups within one website.