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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1634446"><p>Another vector to get past the security of OS X is for bad guys to send you fake notices that Java/Flash have an update/upgrade available and then send you to their own fake websites where they mimic the Adobe and Oracle sites and get you to download and install Malware. Get Flash from either Apple or Adobe directly, get Java from Apple or Oracle directly. Doing that way will then put some panes in System Preferences from which you can get the updates from the safe places. I have Flash installed, but blocked from operating without my ok, and on System Preferences there is a Flash Player pane on which I have selected the Notify me to install updates. That way, when an update comes in, I can go get it and not let it automatically install. I want to KNOW what is being installed on my system and I want to control that installation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1634446"] Another vector to get past the security of OS X is for bad guys to send you fake notices that Java/Flash have an update/upgrade available and then send you to their own fake websites where they mimic the Adobe and Oracle sites and get you to download and install Malware. Get Flash from either Apple or Adobe directly, get Java from Apple or Oracle directly. Doing that way will then put some panes in System Preferences from which you can get the updates from the safe places. I have Flash installed, but blocked from operating without my ok, and on System Preferences there is a Flash Player pane on which I have selected the Notify me to install updates. That way, when an update comes in, I can go get it and not let it automatically install. I want to KNOW what is being installed on my system and I want to control that installation. [/QUOTE]
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