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update flash scam remove

I clicked on an 'update your Flash Player' button and apparently infected my program whereby new pop-up tabs keep showing up on both Safari and Chrome. I can't seem to get rid of whatever is causing this. Any ideas?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 6, 2020 9:51 AM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2020 10:28 AM

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later.       


Web site for download   https://www.malwarebytes.com


Safari – Popup takes over.   


Safari – Popup takes over (2).    

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Sep 6, 2020 10:28 AM in response to jfwar

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later.       


Web site for download   https://www.malwarebytes.com


Safari – Popup takes over.   


Safari – Popup takes over (2).    

update flash scam remove

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