Phishing Website: Treyeats.com – Flash Player Pro Scam
What is Treyeats.com (Phishing website)?
Treyeats.com is a phishing website involved in Fake Flash Player scams. Cyber criminals use Treyeats.com to infect unsuspecting victims with malware, and collect personal data. Alike other Flash Player pshing websites such as Update91.com, Treyeats.com primarily conducts Macromedia Flash Player and Flash Player Pro internet scams by displaying sometimes constant popup alert windows that state WARNING! Your Flash Player may be out of date. Please update to continue.
If you notice these fraudulent Flash Player notifications, it does not mean that your computer system has been affected by malware.
Related URL: http://treyeats.com/flashpro/download2.php?src=114618&kw=sea&lp=2 (DO NOT VISIT)
Treyeats.com is not safe
- Treyeats.com is a phishing website that may install malware to a computer system or attempt to collect personal data.
- Treyeats.com uses social engineering to appear as a legitimate Flash Player and website in order to scam victims into clicking malicious links or providing important information.
- Contents of the Flash Player Pro redirect are detailed below:
Flash Player Pro is distributing custom installers which are different from the originally available distribution. These new installers comply with the original software manufacturers' policies and terms & conditions. Optimum Installer is an install manager, which manages the installation of your chosen software. In addition to managing your download and installation, Optimum Installer will offer free popular software that you may be interested in. Additional software may include toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications, anti-virus applications, and other types of applications. You are not required to install any additional software to complete your installation of your selected software. You can always completely remove the programs at any time in Windows' Add/Remove Programs.
How to deal with Treyeats.com
- If you suspect your computer may be infected with malware, it is recommended to run a full system scan with reputable Antivirus or Anti-Malware software.
I kept getting these popup messages about installing Flash Player Pro – numerous times a day. I finally figured out why. I had installed “Unfriend App” (Facebook). After I uninstalled this App I quit getting the popups.
Thank you for your comment. On a side note, we have previously written about Unfriend App here: http://botcrawl.com/facebook-unfriendapp-remove/
Good post, thanks for clarifying.
With IE 10, I had to change the popup settings from Medium to High to block the popups when surfing
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Here are a few addresses I have come across using the same format. They are only links to the initial page, not the actual download. (I had to break up the reply since too long of a message pushes the personal details and the post comment button behind the previous replies. ???)
http: //adc.flashproplayer.com/download5adc.php?src=ADC&kw=50011&lp=4
Thanks Collin, much appreciated. In matters of visitors clicking links they may not want to, some of your comments were automatically held for moderation, but the domains you listed will be added at your credit.
I would also like to take the time to apologize for any concerns about our comment system, it can get very messy.
Every time I use my computer that pops up on the screen! It is driving me crazy how can I keep it from popping up?
You can install something like Adblock plus or some type of free ad-blocking attachment for your browser.
Another way to restrict this website is to use Windows hosts file and place 127.0.0.1 treteats.com at the bottom of the file.
Thanks 😉
If you are getting popups without visiting a site, you already have the malware.
what should i do in this case?
Check your computer for any unwanted software that may be affecting your system. Go into the Control Panel and look through the list of installed programs via the Uninstaller and see if there is software you do not recognize.
Also check your browser add-ons and extensions for any unwanted items and remove them if found.
These pages might be helpful:
http://botcrawl.com/remove-adware/ (Generic Adware removal instructions)
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-pups/ (Potentially Unwanted Program removal)
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/ (Adware removal with a little bit of extra info)
You can also download and install the free version of Malwarebyte’s, which is an on-demand scanner, in order to scan your computer for adware and spyware and remove any files if found.
Other solutions include performing a system restore or refresh depending on your version of windows.
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-restore-microsoft-windows-vista-microsoft-windows-xp-and-microsoft-windows-7/
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-refresh-and-reset-windows-8-operating-systems/