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Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From?

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On 2018-08-20, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2018-08-18, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> > In message <1ntogjr.qfo5c1c07bakN%csampson@inetworld.net> Charles H. Sampson
>> > <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know how I might have picked it up? I'm pretty good about
>> >> not messing around with sites that are unfamiliar. It might have been
>> >> done by one of the other users of this computer, in which case I will
>> >> speak to him sternly.
>> >
>> > It is generally installed by the user, often without their explicit
>> > knowledge as it will be a "feature" of a downloaded installer.
>> 
>> In this case, very likely a fake "Adobe Flash" installer:
>> 
>> <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/04/new-crossrider-variant-
>> installs-configuration-profiles-on-macs/>
>
> Holy cow! Do you mean that all of these warnings I've been getting,
> around every other day, that my Adobe Flash must be updated have been
> fakes? It's a wonder my computer runs at all.

That's not what I said. 

If you are browsing a website and the webpage (or a pop-up window in
your browser) displays an unsolicited message that tells you that you
need to install or update Flash, then unless you are on the adobe.com
website, you should be suspicious of the message. 

If instead you have Flash already installed and configured to
automatically check for updates periodically, and you see a notification
outside of your web browser telling you an update is available, then you
should check to be sure the notification is in fact from Adobe. 

In either case, you should *never* install any software advertised
through any unsolicited message in your web browser. You should *always*
be sure to download software *directly* from the entity that creates the
software in question. For Flash that means the adobe.com website and no
other place on the net. 

As I've said previously: There is not much of a real need for any Mac
users these days to install Flash. If you encounter a video on the web
that claims Flash is needed, use the Debug menu to change your User
Agent string to one of the iOS strings and like magic, nine times out of
ten, the video will play. This has to do with the fact that website
authors often use HTML5 to play videos on mobile devices, but use Flash
to play them on desktop devices - a really silly convention these days.

-- 
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JR

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Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-17 12:46 -0700
  Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-08-17 15:59 -0400
  Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-18 11:08 +1200
  Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-17 23:50 +0000
    Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-08-18 01:42 +0000
      Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-18 15:35 +1200
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-18 18:01 +0000
      Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-18 17:58 +0000
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-08-19 14:52 -0400
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-20 00:16 +0000
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-22 23:25 +0000
  Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-18 03:09 +0000
    Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-18 18:01 +0000
      Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-19 00:18 -0700
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-19 17:00 +0000
      Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-19 12:34 +0000
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-08-19 22:57 +0000
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-19 19:03 -0400
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-08-20 05:05 -0400
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-08-21 01:46 +0000
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-08-19 22:13 -0400
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-20 16:03 +0000
            Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-08-20 16:31 -0400
              Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-20 22:42 +0000
                Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-27 10:31 -0700
                Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-27 13:49 -0400
                Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2018-08-27 20:39 +0200
                Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-27 20:13 +0000
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-22 23:22 +0000
            Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-08-29 16:45 -0700
              Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-30 15:45 +1200
              Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-30 17:26 +0000
                Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-08-30 17:59 -0700
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-27 10:28 -0700
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2018-09-01 12:59 -0500
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-03 03:48 +0000
      Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-19 23:57 -0700
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-20 19:19 +1200
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-20 09:17 -0400
        Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-20 15:58 +0000
          Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-08-27 10:22 -0700
  Re: Where Does Advanced Mac Cleaner Come From? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-08-19 19:27 -0700

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