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Windows 'Snake' Malware Ported to Mac, Imitates Adobe Flash Player Installer
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No, the non-hidden options in Sierra are "App Store" and "App Store and identified developers", which can be from anywhere. For non-identified developers, just right-click on an app and select "Open". You only have to do that once (per app), and don't need any terminal commands.
--Eric
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/
Also after you run malwarebytes and if it finds malware follow instructions to remove it. Then go to top left corner of your screen click on safari>general> if homepage looks suspicious change it to what ever you want.
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There was a split second when I was first reading the title, that I thought that was what the news was going to be! Haha
That's an asinine statement. The PRO is the damn web site works that you want to visit. And frankly, given the Internet could not do remotely most of those things until HTML5 came out, we owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to Adobe for making the Internet bearable all these years or it would probably still look like 1994! People today have no appreciation what the Web was like back then since most of you WHINING about Flash probably weren't even fracking born yet! That group has no idea what life was like without cell phones or anything else (and they missed the best decade since the 1960 known as the Big 80s and it was that awesome without any of that CRAP. Video arcades, MTV (the real one), REAL MUSIC on the radio. Kids today have no conception of life without Facebook even, living in their parents houses until they've got gray hair). Statistics show most of the worst driving offenders are from the same age group. I still blame Steve Jobs for the damn modern smart phone. Worst invention EVER, singlehandedly moving most driving deaths from drinking to texting.
I did, it was use Macs at work or use Windows at work, and believe me in 1993 it was hard to find a Mac job. In 1993 I chose Mac and have never looked back. There are tons of jobs too for guys who know Windows, and even tho I now dabble in Windows IT, which is LIKE THE MOST ANNOYING THING in the World...I am glad I stuck it out with Macs back in the day...
Is this Flash Player install file coming from Adobe's website or are people installing it from another source?
Yeah, especially with HTML5 and CSS3 being able to handle more of the animation effects that Flash made possible. Not worth the head ache or the time to install Flash.
There was even a "/s" at the end. I believe that technically classifies as a "mega-whoosh".
--Eric
I don't read Reddit and other junk sites. I've never seen " /s " so how would I know what it means? Why should anyone expect everyone to know what some cryptic BS garbage from a site that has a horrible 1980s style interface means? We've had smileys for ages and this site has its own icons and so someone uses what looks like a hanging chad of HTML code and I'm supposed to recognize that as sarcasm??? On a site where fanatics actually and truly WANT that? That's BS. Take your hidden cryptograms somewhere else.
"/s" isn't exclusive to Reddit. People have been using that here and many other places for years. Also, it should have been obvious as sarcasm even without that. Instead of getting irrationally angry, how about just apologizing and moving on? Why is that so hard?
--Eric
--Eric
This is true. I sometimes have to have it for certifications where the class designers still use antiquated flash video etc. it's awful!
I only allow it in my windows VM and keep it off the MacOS side.
So many damn web site have continued to drag on with Flash. Those sites I will often use the contact button and lambast them for not upgrading to HTML5. I've gotten some feedback that they are working on it, but the company doesn't want to spend additional dollars in making the change. Those sites I put on my list to not visit unless absolutely necessary.
I think my system may have gotten something recently. Trying to check now. Got two things popping up on my screen.
1) System Scan is recommended with guy in right hand corner
2) Open MacKeeper now popping up on top of screen next to bluetooth button.
1) System Scan is recommended with guy in right hand corner
2) Open MacKeeper now popping up on top of screen next to bluetooth button.
while I mainly agree, some software, mainly educational that I can think of still uses flash in some capacity. While flash is dying, not everything is converted just yet.
Yes that's what they recommend using over other browsers anyway.