On 08/29/2014 05:20 PM, Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > When using firefox I'm repeatedly confronted by a popup asking if I want > to install flash (usually to view some advertising). This must happen > dozens of times a day. Be careful here. There exists a form of mal-ware which is a pop-up that tells you to "update" your flash player, but in fact, its an attempt to get you to install the mal-ware. The point that sticks out here is that the "flash" player that they are trying to install does not come from Adobe/Shockwave. > Does anybody know if it is possible to stop that, and if so, how to do it? Stop going to sites with infected ads.... > TIA, > Mike Wright Seriously, I have the flash-plugin installed directly from the adobe-linux repo, and from time-to-time on certain sites, I too see that pop-up. I close it as quick as I can (it doesn't like to be closed, either). Sometimes I have to kill firefox and restart it.... It can be a PITA. -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
