Fake Adobe Flash Player install spreads malicious programs Fake Adobe Flash Player install or update pop-up might show up on the screen out of nowhere. While Flash Player is a legit application, cybercriminals often take advantage of it to spread malicious programs. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.

The Fake Flash Player Update PopUp is a web browser advertisement shown by scammers that are trying to trick you into downloading adware installers. They do this by showing an alert that states that Flash is outdated or needs to be updated. When a user clicks on the download button, though, it will download an adware installer rather than the legitimate Flash installer. It goes without saying that you should ignore these alerts and just close the window if you encounter them.

When a fake Flash Update PopUp is displayed in your browser it will display an alert that states something like:

WARNING! Your Flash Player is out of date. Please install update to continue.
Update your Flash Player.

Your Flash Player for windows might be out of date!

Update the latest version for better perfomance.

Your update is ready

Once again, while your Flash Player installation may in fact be outdated, the site has no way of knowing this. This is just a scam to try and trick you into download the fake update so that the scammers can install further adware and unwanted programs on your computer.

Thankfully, these scams can be closed by simply opening Windows Task Manager and ending the browser process. It is important, though, that if you end the browser process that you do not reopen previously closed sites if prompted by the browser when you start it again as this will just reopen the scam.

On the other hand, if you are constantly seeing these types of fake update popups, tech support scams, or pages opening by themselves, then it may be possible that you are infected with an adware or other unwanted program that are displaying them. Once again, do not worry as it is quite easy to remove these infections if you follow the guide below.

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Why am I Seeing these Fake Flash Update PopUps in my Browser?

The Fake Outdated Flash scam is shown through advertisements that redirect you to sites that display this scam. These advertisements can be displayed by installed adware programs or through less than reputable sites that are displaying them to generate advertising revenue.

For the most part, if you see a browser based scam like this, then you can simply close the browser and start it again. On the other hand, if you are continuously seeing scams with alerts like 'Outdated Flash Player' or 'Flash Player Update Available', then you should scan your computer for adware and remove anything that is found.

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Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.

Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content.

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