It's just a panic move to let them put a sketchy third-party version of Flash Player on your machine. If you were on a legitimate website when the page came up, report it to the site, because somebody bought an ad that's scripted to do that.
On Aug 3, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Aug 3, 2018, at 7:53 AM, Suzanne H Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is this for real? I got a notice that I needed to download the latest Adobe >> player, and then there wes a big notice about how I had 3 viruses on my >> computer, had 90 seconds to DO SOMETHING NOW.’ >> I closed that window. I’ll go to the Adobe site to see if I need anything >> else, I suppose? >> My laptop is older than dirt….I don’t want to transfer anything vile to a >> new one when I get it…. > > Of course it isn’t for real. It is likely you need to update Adobe player > because that gets updated by Adobe about twice per day, but 90 seconds is > pretty unbelievable. > > L^2 > > PS/ I’ve been getting by without any Adobe software for many months. It feels > good. > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] > > You can observe a lot by just watching. — Yogi Berra > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=VTOGFla-tFk3-cFazTObDtQt3y7FRVPP2hnBPicQt_Y&s=ntsXxGdzzted3zkMKOKIWBjVutsYwAm2Jq98O8ohjUo&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> B. Eric Bradley • (502) 303-5199 • (502) 454-4207 land & fax
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