![]() The other alternative is to not have Flash installed at all. Let Flash do all the work, and going forward no matter what alert you see, you can safely ignore it. DO NOT have it alert you to updates that you’re never going to bother to install. If you’re on a Mac, regardless of the web browser you use, go into your System Preferences RIGHT NOW (from the Apple menu), and click on the Adobe Flash icon in the bottom row, and make sure it’s set to install the updates. That one little setting can save people so much grief, time and money. Here’s the thing: Adobe Flash updates itself, either as an internal component of Google Chrome (which doesn’t use the standalone Flash Player plugin) or via the System Preferences setting for the plugin as seen below: If the only way to access the site is by allowing the update, just close your browser and move on – that’s not a site you should be accessing as its only reason for existing is to fool you into allowing the fake update. More often than not, like seriously 99.9999% of the time, these alerts merely attempt to trick you into installing malware on your Mac. ![]() While I strongly advocate updating software whenever possible for the optimal user experience, these alerts to update Flash are what can best be called, using the parlance of the day, FAKE NEWS. This week alone I’ve had to remove malware from at least seven Macs – all of which could’ve been prevented had people followed one simple rule: if a website you visit instructs you to update your Adobe Flash Player – don’t do it. ![]()
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