Vcitim1:Hi I opened a link from my wife's email account that said she had a claim going through the courts. unfortunately I now know that it was a stupid thing to do even though the alarm bells were ringing as I clicked on it. now I get pop ups telling me that updater wants to make changes to my computer all the time even after I have uninstalled adobe flash player and its driving me mad eight at the last count please help.
Victim2: I received an email looking like a notification from USPS about an undeliverable package. I opened the email but did not open the attachment. Realizing it was a fake, I deleted the email but was too late. I started receiving notifications that I needed to update my flash player that stated this: update flash player_21487ovc.exe.
Vctim3: The other day, I clicked something in my email that I should not have. To sum it up, I get "UpdateFlashPlayer_(randomnumbers).exe" asking for access to my computer.
How does Popup UpdateFlashPlayer get on my computer?
Typically, it gets on your computer as a bundled component of your wanted freeware from the internet, like video player and Skype. It can be installed in the background without any notification. Besides, it can invade into your computer via: