![]() I clicked on “Check now” and the chart says Windows Edge 32.0.0.387 Firefox 32. I checked the updates tab and it is set to “Allow Adobe to Install Updates and is NPAPI version 32.0.0.414 and PPAPI version 32.0.0.387. It's just way more likely that either you need to activate Flash in the browser (see: ) because it's being blocked by default, or you're running into something sketchy. ![]() If you don't have Windows Update set to automatically apply updates, then you might need to check for and apply updates manually. ![]() Please, always download Flash Player from and ignore prompts on webpages to download updates, particularly on Edge, where there isn't a legitimate installer available. It's much easier to attack the human in the system and coax them into installing something malicious on their behalf. The reality is that the technical hurdles that need to be overcome in order for attackers to install malware on modern browsers and operating systems is very high. If you also have Flash Player installed for Firefox (or other NPAPI browsers), then you would have needed to use our installers and auto-update mechanism, but you can always just open the Flash Player icon in the control planel and look at the Updates tab to check to see if you need an update, and install it. Similarly, Flash Player on Google Chrome is built into the browser and delivered via their auto-updater. Installation and updates are handled by Microsoft via Windows Update. Site says "browser plug-in" and so, I suspect given negative scans and other factors, that I keep getting the notice because Adobe's auto update software is not "seeing" the update on my Edge browser (especially if it's appearing only when bowser open - I will try to confirm.įlash Player is a built-in component of IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher. (8) I just searched to see if browser specific and it seems to be. (7) Although I don't know for certain, I suspect that even though I installed the June update using Firefox, it seems to be browser specific and because Edge is my default browser (for reasons I won't detail) I get the notice of new update - FYI, per another comment on the fake updates site, I got mine when I started the PC although sometimes my Edge opens automatically and not sure if it did each time I saw notice. Another reason why I'm never sure that they fully understand the problem.) (6) I seem to recall that MS Edge flagged another valid download as possibly problematic although I don't recall what that was, I do seem to recall that I purposely sought out something to test what would happen and it was because it was happening with what I knew to be a safe item, I felt the "problem" was with Edge and that's why I called MS. (5) Microsoft agent - although I'm not always convinced that IT staff whose primary language is not English always understand the issue or explain things clearly - informs me that MS Edge is designed to flag third party downloads as possibly harmful (although the first time around the agent took "control" of my PC and allegedly "fixed" the problem. (4) Several full system scams including one just now have been negative except for low risk tracking cookies. (3) At the previous time, and again the other day (not knowing if this might be a new update), I used Firefox and my Norton program flagged it as safe each time. (2) The update notice resembled the ones I've typically received in the past with which I had no difficulty on my old PC with Windows 7. My reasons are as follows: (1) I recall this problem happening several weeks ago and I now see there was an update in June (that's probably about the time I first saw this. Although I appreciate your comments and suspect that you know much more about these things than I, I have pretty good reason to believe that this was a legitimate update.
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