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Flash "Update" problems

• willscotn 88 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 7:13 AM

  only happens on wgt no where else

   

• Ducati916 1,116 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 7:54 AM

  But, WGT has the best game physics and avatar's and HD courses and customer service and business model, and user interface and glitch resolution and advertising and security protocols....etc...etc....

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 9:14 AM

  A new version (16.0.0.257) was just recently released.

• borntobesting 9,710 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:04 AM

  jayw4862:

  A new version (16.0.0.257) was just recently released.

  Yes over the weekend and at least for me it is working very well. 

  There was another new  flash version released today. 16.0.0.287 . I haven't played with it yet. I will update this post after i do. 

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:10 AM

  jayw4862:

  A new version (16.0.0.257) was just recently released.

  I have flash 16.0.0.257

  What we are getting is a message disguised as Adobe, it isn't from them. You cant close the tab until you are re-directed to a download, which is obviously spyware or malware.

  It appears in main page and game client without warning.

  I went to some other flash game sites and it does not happen anywhere else but  WGT.

  AVG, malwarebytes and spybot search and destroy do not show up any problems. Whatever it is, it has come from wgt pages.

  Comodo Dragon hasn't been affected but it may only be a matter of time before it is.

  Does anyone have any ideas?

   

• mnshiner 1,382 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:33 AM

  PaulTon:

  Same thing on Maxthon3, I started a thread on this yesterday, here's what it looks like -

  

  Try to close it and you get this -

  

  None of my virus/spyware/malware scans are picking it up, I thought I'd sorted it last night but it's back today. I don't know what else to do.

  If you right click on your image and then view image it looks like to me that eu.googlekkcs.com/f etc......... is opening first.

  I could be wrong, just my observation.

  I'll mention this again, all the posters in this thread that are having problems are from the United Kingdom. Could this problem be coming from the Internet there.

• DodgyPutter 4,690 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:48 AM

  I'm not sure if this helps, too complicated for me to even try go through but maybe worth a look...

  http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-your-flash-plugin-version-is-too-low-virus/

• ROBELLIOT 234 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:57 AM

  Unfortunately i also fell foul of this yesterday morning, i could not even manage to sign in to warn others. My machine is currently infected with the browser hi -jacker (omiga -plus).

  If your machine is not already infected you can use task manager to find & 'end process' this should close the " rogue adobe" window.  Unfortunately if like mine your PC is infected this virus it will have already turned off your windows defender & made changes to the registry , shortcuts & much more. 

  Spy hunter was the only programme to locate this virus, too many others failed miserably & some even ask for an 'upgrade' to clean my machine. Try  Microsoft  "safety scanner" in addition to Microsoft "Malicious tool remover" . Check hi-jack browser removal on you tube for additional advice. This is what my alert looked like while viewing a WGT re-play .. be warned this malware is rated as critical ! 

• mnshiner 1,382 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 11:16 AM

  mnshiner:

  Could this be a problem in the United Kingdom? 4 out of 5 are posters from there and all having same problem.

  Try reading this. Sounds like you folks could have a virus somewhere in your machine.

  My first post on this subject. The Hillbilly got it right.

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Tue, Jan 20 2015 11:35 AM

  PaulTon:

  It appears in main page and game client without warning.

  Paul, I play using Slimjet (Chromium) browser, but watch videos on Maxthon (some won't play on Slimjet/Chrome for some reason). I noticed the other day a similar pop-up, and then I was redirected for no reason. I wasn't watching a vid at the time, either. On my malwarebytes, I have "treat all all PUPS" and "PUMS" as malware, and have all 3 boxes checked as shown. 

  

  Every time I use maxthon now to watch videos, I run mbam towards the end and it finds 4-5 things every time. I wanted to see if it was the videos, so I just signed into maxthon (wgt), and ran a scan while not clicking anything. 9 minutes and same 4-5 hijacks came up. I then tried IceDragon, and nothing, Slimjet and nothing. I seriously believe Maxthon is the problem. I may be wrong, but I have decided to remove it. And I haven't had a problem since (3 days now). Maxthon doesn't offer any decent extensions, nor is it very safe. It's just wide open. Their adhunter is a joke. I have never seen an ad anywhere, on any site, until Maxthon. 

  But, everyone's tastes are different, too.