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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Xfinity uses flash for their streaming, chrome says they’re discontinuing support for flash in December, and each time I want to watch on my mac I need to again accept flash
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss-bounces@lists.hidden-tech.net> on behalf of Hidden tech list <hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>PeopleFirst Tech <zach@peoplefirst.tech><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 11:55 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Shel Horowitz <shel@principledprofit.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Hidden tech list <hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Hidden-tech] Questionable Update-Your-Flash browser warnings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Shel, Flash for Chrome is bundled within it, so you don't need to update it separately and that message is probably a scam. Additionally, if you have Flash installed for Safari and/or Firefox (and I advise against it), then it would
need to receive updates from directly from Adobe. You can turn on the auto update option from the Flash preference pane and also check updates there, but to reiterate, I suggest uninstalling the standalone Flash and using Chrome for the rare site that still
uses Flash in 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Download the uninstaller from Adobe: <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html">
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Avast antivirus for Mac: <a href="https://www.avast.com/en-us/for-mac">https://www.avast.com/en-us/for-mac</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Avast will catch most traditional viruses but performs poorly for PuPs (potentially wanted programs, such as "cleaners") and browser hijacks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:55 AM Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On a MacBookAir from I think 2012 (inherited computer), I got two different warnings to update my flash on two pages with no connection to each other.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure what version of Chrome I was running but when I went to check, it started updating to <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F6368">Version 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit)(this is AFTER
I received the Adobe updater messages).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am suspicious of these identical update messages. I figured if it was real, I could get it from the AppStore, and the update I have from November 2016 appears to be the current one.<o:p></o:p></p>
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To ask if my system is infected in some way, and if so, what's the best way to deal with it<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"(sm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(move your mouse to "event videos")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Twitter: @shelhorowitz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">mailto:<a href="mailto:shel@greenandprofitable.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">shel@greenandprofitable.com</span></a> * <a href="tel:413-586-2388" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">413-586-2388</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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