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"Your Flash Player may be out of date"

New Here ,
Jul 03, 2016 Jul 03, 2016

I receive this pop up daily on my IE browser.  It says it is initializing and the file is in my download folder "FlashPlayer.exe"  I am given the option to either run or save FlashPlayer.exe (377 kb) from eekumyoutube.org. 

It is not in my download folder and the from appears suspicious.  Is this legitimate or is somebody trying to hack my system.

Thanks for any help.

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Enthusiast ,
Jul 03, 2016 Jul 03, 2016

I can almost guarantee you it is malware - especially if you already have the current Flash Player 22.0.0.192 ActiveX installed. The only question is whether IE is being redirected to eekumyoutube.org by malware that is already on your system or by "malvertising." I would recommend a full scan with your preferred security software against the first possibility, and using something like Adblock Plus for IE for the second possibility (but unfortunately that extension slows down IE considerably.)

[Edit] Looks like someone has analysed the URL at VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/d801804991faaacdde45f30221733732987cf205abb54750e751c6ce8a845ac8/a...

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 03, 2016 Jul 03, 2016
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This is a malware. Please scan your system. To check if you are on the latest version refer to Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions

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