‘Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content’ Virus

Posted: May 31, 2013

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Ranking:	4,077
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	20,292

First Seen:	May 31, 2013
Last Seen:	October 13, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus is a casual name for a common social engineering-based attack: a browser attack that misrepresents itself as a Flash update in order to trick the victim into installing malicious software. While the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus often is hosted on malicious sites that you might visit intentionally, a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus also can occur as a side effect of an infection with a PC threat, such as a browser hijacker, various Trojans and some forms of rootkits. If you've installed a fake 'Flash' file through the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus, your computer almost certainly is infected with malware, and appropriate anti-malware programs should be used to remove the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus's payload.

Another Reason Why Malware Criminals Love Flash

As ubiquitous as Flash is around the Web, and as often as updates are required to view Flash-based Web content, it shouldn't shock anyone to learn that fake Flash updates are some of the most common attacks for installing malware. The 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus is one of the most common formats of this attack, which, in some cases, even may use drive-by-download techniques to install its PC threat onto your computer whether or not you try to install the fake update. However, SpywareRemove.com malware experts note that most versions of the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus require you to download its 'update' intentionally.

The 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus usually is embedded in a Web page window that makes it look like a window for streaming media (such as movies), but also often is seen in the form of a pop-up advertisement. Because the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus's technique is so widely used, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers can't specify a single payload for the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus, which may be used to install anything from mere Cpvfeed.mediatraffic.com adware all the way up to a TDSS Rootkit.

In some cases, the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus may be associated with some types of malicious software that already are on your PC. Browser hijackers and some types of Trojans that redirect you to hostile Web pages or inject the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus into unrelated sites can be a considerable source of communication with the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus. Naturally, the easiest way to distinguish a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus from a real Flash update is to check your version of Flash – and then check the latest available version on the official website.

Turning a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus into a Flash in the Pan Problem

If you experience redirects to a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus or other kinds of repeated contact with the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus, you should consider the likelihood of your computer already suffering from infection by some form of browser-interacting PC threat. Even more significantly, if you've installed a Flash update from a window similar to the 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus that doesn't appear to function properly, your computer almost definitely is suffering from an infection – whether or not there are any symptoms of one on display.

In either situation, using anti-malware applications to scan your PC is the correct solution to a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus-related problem. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also highlight the hands-down easiest way of protecting your PC from a 'Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content' Virus: refusing to install Flash from any source except the official website.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

daily-news.one

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	A Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content 100% Free Update Experience the Web at its fullest Beautiful HD video, faster graphics rendering, and high performance Richer, more immersive user experiences See details…. This update will only take a couple of minutes.