Patanawet Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have some sort of malware, or whatever, that appears as a warning to update my Adobe Flash. It comes only on Firefox and only on Thaivisa when I click on and open a link to a news item on the newsletter. I might click on a few items to open them in new tabs. They then appear correctly at the top of the screen, then when I click on one it opens momentarily then changes to the Flash warning. I had read somewhere that there is a virus similar to this going around. Has anyone else encountered this? I have scanned with various anti virus programs including running Malwarebyes in normal and safe mode. Result 'clean'. I always close these tabs and have gone manually to the Adobe site and checked that I am indeed up to date. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 You need to update your shock wave flash plugin on FF to16.0.0.35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 What DNS settings are you using? If you systems shows clean, and you've updated ALL of your external support proggies, then those messages are being injected from somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Thanks NE1 and RichCor. I'll check both when I get home. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I wonder if you picked up the latest Flash update malware mentioned in this thread from the few days ago. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/797185-warning-as-new-facebook-malware-affects-over-100k-users-in-two-days/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardathuahin Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 HiI'm getting repeated crashes or hangs from use of Shock-wave. I've up to date versions of all software involved. Hit Dr. Google and there's plenty of technical solutions but to my aging PC knowledge it seems a bit laborious. Has anyone encountered the same and solved the solution in simple laymen procedures please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Hi I'm getting repeated crashes or hangs from use of Shock-wave. I've up to date versions of all software involved. Hit Dr. Google and there's plenty of technical solutions but to my aging PC knowledge it seems a bit laborious. Has anyone encountered the same and solved the solution in simple laymen procedures please? You don't mention what interent browser you are using. This is likely part of the known issues going around, so do not use some 3rd party "solution" you find from Dr. Google results. First verify you have the most recent Flash Player 16.0.0.35. If you are using FireFox and have Adobe set to update automatically, there have been instances of that not working correctly, so check it to be sure. If it's not the updated version, then update it through FireFox or the Adobe website. I have had repeated trouble with the normal Adobe Flash Player update installer not working since these latestest rounds of vulnerabilities, so I've had to get the full EXE file download and install manually, including last night for the latest .35 update. If you are having update trouble, respond and we can try the Adobe direct download page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Verify your flash version: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ If it is already at 16.0.0.305 then the update message is fake. Edited February 8, 2015 by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 He either sorted out his problem, or threw the computer off the 3rd floor balcony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Sorry NE1 and RichCor for coming so late back (couldn't find the thread --- I shouldn't be allowed near computers really ). Indeed, my Flash plugin was 10.0. ???. So updated to 16. whatever and the messages went away for a while. I've just spotted them again today but not as invasive as before and not on ThaiVisa links. And also messages that my player or most recently.WMP is out of date. RichCor, I'm nor sure what you mean by DNS settings as there seem to be DNS settings for Win7 and for the router etc. I've checked via control panel (Win7) etc and they all seem to be set to automatic. Farma Yes that was what alerted me to a problem I was having. I was suspicious the first time I saw the message -- it just didn't ring true. So I dismissed it each time I saw it. Using Win7 Firefox (latest version) Flash, Java etc all latest versions. ISP True Broadband, Router Zyxel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Uninstall Java if you don't need it for an external app. Most Browsers support Java scripts now. Seems like Java is always vulnerable to hacking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 BTW how do you disable java, or must i google it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Try http://www.hostmysite.com/support/info/flushdns/ It took me ages to sort out something very similar, eventually I discovered I had a DNS infection. I am surprised that none of the many anti virus and anti malware scans that I did picked this up. You have to stay alert guys! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Since Firefox 35, a warning message is displayed if the Flash player version installed is earlier than the latest version. There's always been an option to check if plugins and extensions are up to date by hitting CTRL+SHIFT+A to take you to the Add-ons manager and then click the link to "Plugins". See screenshot. But very few users were aware of it which is why Mozilla introduced the warning which appears if you try to run an older version of Flash now which might compromise your system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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