How to remove Adobe Flash Player Packages (Virus Removal Guide)
Adobe Flash Player Packages is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware that is mostly associated with dubious flash players and flash updates. The primary operation for Adobe Flash Player Packages is to install and update other unwanted programs in the background and without user knowledge; However, Adobe Flash Player Packages is known to be an advertisement injector and will inject the webpages you visit with a variety of different advertisements including generic pop-up advertisements, in-text ads, and pop-under advertisements that take up an entire browser window.
What is Adobe Flash Player Packages?
Adobe Flash Player Packages is usually promoted by deceptive advertisements and third-party download managers and installers as a flash player update or program. Most advertisements that promote Adobe Flash Player Packages will claim that a flash update or new media player is necessary to view online media. These advertisements are known to be very aggressive and misleading. They can also cause the program to automatically install without user knowledge and consent.
Adobe Flash Player Packages serves ‘targeted’ advertisements to users while they browse the web. This is a privacy concern because targeted advertisements can only be produced by the adware if it has access to user browsing data, such as all browsing activities, bookmarks, app data, and browser history. This information is observed and used to generate advertisements it feels users are most likely to click on.
Furthermore, Adobe Flash Player Packages malware never installs by itself. It primarily bundles with additional unwanted programs, malware, and other possible malicious threats. This means that it might be necessary to uninstall multiple programs from Windows and remove multiple browser add-ons and extensions from Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. Many of these programs can not easily be found on a computer system without third-party security software. Our experience with this adware has shown that the program will install alongside a large quantity of programs.
Adobe Flash Player Packages malware and the additional programs that it bundles with also manufacture new tasks and change existing Windows start-up settings in order to run every time the operating system starts and remain enabled if disabled by the user. Programs and browser attachments that may arrive with this deceptive piece of adware can also cause other issues for computer and internet users aside from pop-up advertisements, including browser redirections and a loss in computer functionality and internet connectivity. Furthermore, if Adobe Flash Player Packages is manually removed, it is possibly that the adware or another one in its place will return before a week has passed.
How did Adobe Flash Player Packages get on my computer?
Adobe Flash Player Packages malware is usually contracted without consent or knowledge of the computer user alongside third-party programs and files, such as freeware, shareware, torrent files, and other free downloadable content. The potentially unwanted programs and files that deliver the adware can be introduced to a computer system and affected internet browsers with or without user authorization.
Computer and internet users who seek to download and install third-party programs and files online may be presented with an opportunity to accept or decline a ‘custom’ offer to install Adobe Flash Player Packages malware and other programs during the setup and installation process. However, the request to decline Adobe Flash Player Packages adware from installing is often presented in a very confusing manner. In some cases, the download manager may completely ignore the user request to decline Adobe Flash Player Packages from installing and the adware will install against user consent and knowledge.
Additionally, as previously mentioned, this program is aggressively promoted through deceptive and misleading advertisements. These advertisements are mainly located on media related websites, including torrenting websites, pornography websites, third-party browser hijackers, and more. Even though advertisements that promote this program may be found on questionable websites, the program can also be promoted through advertisements caused by an existing adware infection.
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- Adobe Flash Player Packages bundles with other potentially unwanted programs and possible malware including Coppingo.
- Adobe Flash Player Packages can arrive on a computer system packed inside installers and downloaders from websites such as download.com, Softonic, and others.
- Adobe Flash Player Packages injects visited webpages with pop-up, pop-under, in-text, and in-image advertisements.
- Adobe Flash Player Packages makes unwanted changes to existing Windows settings and schedules new tasks allowing it to run every time Windows starts and to check to see if the program has been disabled. If the program has previously been disabled it will enable itself to run.
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How to remove Adobe Flash Player Packages (Removal Guide)
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- Step 1: Remove Adobe Flash Player Packages extensions
- Step 2: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player Packages from Windows
- Step 3: Remove Adobe Flash Player Packages virus with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner by Piriform
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Step 1: Remove Adobe Flash Player Packages extensions
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Google Chrome
1. Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon on the top menu and navigate to More tools > Extensions.
2. Search for the Adobe Flash Player Packages extension in the list. Remove unwanted browser extensions individually by clicking the trashcan icon next to each one.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Type Ctrl+Shift+A.
2. Search for the Adobe Flash Player Packages add-ons on the Extensions and Plugin tab. Highlight each one individually and click remove.
Apple Safari
1. Click Safari and go to Preferences > Extensions.
2. Find the Adobe Flash Player Packages extension in the list and click the Uninstall button.
Step 2: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player Packages from Windows
1. Open Windows Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. On Windows Control Panel, click Uninstall a program or Add and remove a program in the Programs section.
3. Search for Adobe Flash Player Packages and other unwanted programs in the list of installed programs. Once an unwanted program is located, double click the item or select it with your mouse and click the Uninstall button. If you can not find this program in the list of installed program please see steps 3 and 4 below.
Step 3: Remove Adobe Flash Player Packages virus with Malwarebytes
1. Download and install the free or full edition of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The full edition of this program enables real-time protection to block malware and unwanted programs from infecting your computer, while the free version is only a free scan and removal tool.
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2. Open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
3. Click the Scan Now button or go to the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.
4. When the malware scan is complete you will notice a list of files it has detected. Click the Remove Selected button, then click Finish, and reboot your computer.
Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner
1. Download and install the free or full edition of CCleaner by Piriform.
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2. Open the program and go to Cleaner and click the Analyze button. After files and have been analyzed, click the Run Cleaner button on the bottom right of the program interface.
3. Go to Registry and click Scan for Issues. When the scan is complete click Fix selected issues… and then click the Fix All Selected Issues button.
4. Go to to Tools > Startup and search through each tab starting from Windows, Internet Explorer, all the way to Context Menu, for additional suspicious entries and click Delete once anything suspicious is found to remove it.
