Before proceeding I am hoping to get some advice from forum members. Is Adobe Flash Player Install Manage (located in the Utilities folder- see below) a legitimate app or should I delete it? When I impulsively tried to delete it a few minutes ago I was asked for my admin password. Also, I have 'Notify me to install updates' and I don't remember being notified. It’s an attempt to scare you into clicking on a link that will then download malware to your Mac. It can appear even if you don’t have Flash installed on your Mac. I just noticed a file in my utilities folder named Adobe Flash Player Install Manager. The Your Flash Player is out of date pop-up is one of the most common scams on the web. Malewarebytes identified some suspect files which I deleted. At the end of the installation my homepage was changed to Yahoo. Although I didn't type in the password and I closed the window it proceeded to install some files which alerted me that something was wrong. It then asked for my administrator password to install Flash Player. The window asked if I wanted it to install MacGuard, MacSecurity and another app. I changed the password.ĥ/15/16, 1 AM- While browsing using Safari a pop-up window appeared saying that my flash player needed to be updated. My browser is Safari 9.1.įlash player NPAPI Plug-in version 21.0.0.242 is installed.įlash player PPAPI Plug-in- not installed.ĥ/7/16- An identity protection service to which I subscribed sent a message saying my Adobe password was hacked. I have a macbook pro and I’m running OS 10.10.
