FlashPlayer_01.29 won't install...
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FlashPlayer_01.29 module install as part of Vivaldi install blocked by Sophos AV, under MacOS Sierra 10.12.3, consequently can't play any media in twitter etc.
Please advise.
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Never heard of such flash version, did a quick google search and appears to be a fake/malware.
http://www.glassgraden.com/news/Beware-of-Fake-Flash-Player-SilverInstaller-for-Mac-OS
Flash has to be downloaded from Adobe site ONLY
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
select Mac, and version 24 PPAPI for opera - chromium -
Thank you for the information, I have now installed the Adobe version and everything is working correctly.
It does somewhat concern me that Vivaldi pulled that piece of malware in as part of its installation process...
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Sounds impossible to me, there is NO flash embedded with any Vivaldi version.
From where did you download the installer?
more on the subject
https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/silverinstaller-uses-new-techniques-to-install-puapup/ -
I've still got the Vivaldi dmg if anyone competent wants to check it out...
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@dLeon Ok, this is what I get...
Jabbas-iMac:~ jabbathecat$ openssl sha1 /test/vivaldi.1.7.735.46.dmg
SHA1(/test/vivaldi.1.7.735.46.dmg)= 0fae40e7c0dc75f80500bc7ac8eec8709ce5d782 -
@dLeon AV & AM is standard on all my osx & win machines, very disciplined about which web sites I visit so this incident is a very rare exception at this end...
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