I just uninstalled Adobe's Flash Player, as Adobe is recommending.
Over on Gab, people post links to obscure websites which quite often take you to a site to download Adobe Flash. Because I never download anything from 3rd parties, I close out the tab ASAP. I think we all know those types of sites are full of malware.
My question is how long is this going to continue? It feels like 50% of the articles over there are trying to infect my Mac.
I apologize that this is off topic, but I know there's some pretty sharp computer geeks here and I'd like to solve this annoyance.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Well acording to Apple support Macs can't get viruses (I've been hung up on when I used a mac in college 2010). I would suggest using Linux unless it is needed for work or school. Also, flash player is just not getting further support if I read correctly, I may be wrong, but it should still work just fine.
I read the Adobe Q&A and they were recommending uninstalling.
Wish I could move to Linux, but I don't think my Bloomberg remote terminal will function on that. Bloomberg is amazing software, but it's really picky. That's the whole reason I'm running a Windows virtual machine.
Adobe Flash is expired with no plans for further releases or updates since Dec. 2020. Any link encouraging a down load or update should be avoided.
(not MAC) If you like, you can make those sites fail quicker. Assuming Windoze masheen: 1) Open notepad as Admin, 2) get into folder Windows->System32->drivers->etc, 3) open "hosts", any entry that has 127.0.0.1 means it will seek on YOUR drive first(fastest), and fail immediate. Works for any site, make certain you don't want to access it ever again. The trick is to banish the referred site(dig a little, look at bottom load addy)
You're using an adblocker? Ideally, ublock origin?
I'm not sure what I've got running. I just got this new Mac and am also running Windows on a Virtual Machine (VMWare). I had a guy I trust set it up for me and didn't get into the details.
Are you suggesting I run an adblocker? If so, which one? Do I need to run it on both Mac and Windows side?
I don't know why you'd subject yourself to the internet without an adblocker. uBlock Origin (not uBlock, which is unaffiliated) is as good as they come in easy browser extension form. As it's a browser extension, you'd need to use it in your browsers for Mac and Windows.