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Re: WARNING!! Do not update Adobe Flash/Reader . . . it contains malware that may give you potentially dangerous pop-ups.

Don't click on pop-ups to run updates. I always go direct to the site.

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Re: WARNING!! Do not update Adobe Flash/Reader . . . it contains malware that may give you potentially dangerous pop-ups.

On 12/16/2014 newziesuzie said:
On 12/16/2014 Ford1224 said:

All I had to do was delete the Adobe update. I had not clicked on the "suspect" pop-up that followed it because I knew it was bad the minute I saw it. Once I deleted the update, the bad pop-up disappeared and has not been back. My computer is once again running perfectly.

Much appreciation and thanks to those who really tried to help. No appreciation or thanks to those who chose to lecture and humiliate.

With all due respect sincerely, you started 2 threads with a big warning and bad info and I think posters only tried to set the record straight since Adobe wasn't at any fault. I did it before and my face was red but I was glad for the correction and apologized for the mistake. We all make them.

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If you look at my post on exactly the same topic in Viewpoints (#20), you will see that I apologized profusely.

Formerly Ford1224
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel 1986
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Re: WARNING!! Do not update Adobe Flash/Reader . . . it contains malware that may give you potentially dangerous pop-ups.

I am having problems with flash player. I need help. When I go into firefox I get popups saying my flash player is not working. It keeps coming up and I have tried to go to adobe and install the flash player but still get the windows saying flash playing is not working. Should I uninstall firefox or flash player and redownload? I really need help for this. It is on my laptop, and right now I am using my desktop. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: WARNING!! Do not update Adobe Flash/Reader . . . it contains malware that may give you potentially dangerous pop-ups.

I, too, just installed an updated Adobe Flash Player on my MacBook Pro last week and so far, I have not noticed any problems. I appreciate this thread and hope I, nor anyone else have any issues with Adobe. Perhaps I need to explore more on the web, since I've been far too busy to do much of anything on my computer for a while. Thank you for the (possible) alert, O/P.