Friday, April 1, 2016

Warning regarding Flash Player /Java update prompts

ROUGUE FLASH PLAYER/JAVA UPDATES

Some malicious websites prompt you to update your flash player/Java via a dialog box as shown below:











OR this one:








If you proceed as suggested, you land up installing a malware instead of the genuine software.


Hence please install/update Java /Flash player only from the genuine web site of the creators of the software


For Flash Player: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
For Java: https://java.com/en/download/