If your Adobe Flash Player needs to update, you will be informed of this in other ways or it may do it automatically. They will pop up and prevent you from watching your show or playing your game unless you install the fake Adobe update, which you would do thinking it’s the real Flash Player. You will also encounter these pop-ups when you visit illegal streaming or online gaming pages. You might think nothing of it and install it. In the case of the latter, if you have an adware program installed, it could be redirecting you to websites that promote this PUP. You may be encouraged to install this PUP when visiting dubious websites or by adware. You will then notice that it may add all kinds of questionable plug-ins and redirect you to advertisement websites. When it blocks you from streaming your favorite TV-show, it looks legitimate so you press on the “Download” button and install the fake version.
The pop-ups prompting users to install the above mentioned fake version might appear when trying to stream videos, play games or download something, which is why so many people fall for it. Since the legitimate Adobe Flash is so widespread, users with malicious intent take advantage of that.
If you are an avid Internet user, you will have encountered one those ‘You need to update your Flash Player’ pop-ups but hopefully, you did not fall for it. Flash Player Pro is a fake version of the widely-used Adobe Flash Player, and considered to be a potentially unwanted program (PUP).
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