By updating it only via the update mechanism within a genuine installation of the Adobe Flash Player that was installed via the Adobe Flash Player Download Center. By downloading it from the Adobe Flash Player Download Center at. Those who want to have Flash installed at any cost on their mobile device should follow the recommendations by Adobe security experts requested by WeLiveSecurity:Īdobe strongly advises that users only install and update the Flash Player via one of the following means: Because of its countless vulnerabilities, Flash has proven to compromise any device’s security. How to stay safeĮSET Mobile Security detects the malicious F11 app as Android/FakeFlash.F and prevents it from getting installed.Īside from advice to avoid suspicious apps, in this particular case it must be noted that it’s a bad idea to have Flash Player installed on an Android device. And – by the way – both Firefox and Dolphin are free. In another words, the user did not install what they had paid for. “However, it’s thanks to either browser the user chooses to install. “At the end of the whole operation, victims end up being able to play Flash content on their devices,” explains Štefanko. These browsers support Flash Player by default as they contain the plugin for playing Flash content. Along with a link to a Flash Player installation tutorial – which is a set of several obvious tips – victims are prompted to install Firefox or Dolphin browser. Only Adobe, the maker of Flash Player and owner of all rights associated with it, could officially sell it (if they haven’t made it available for free).Īfter the payment is made, the scam once again pretends to provide “something” in exchange for the victim’s money. This is exactly where the operation turns from an aggressive practice of providing users with overpriced and unnecessary advice to a pure scam of selling an item without having any right to do so. However, the shopping basket at PayPal reveals the true nature of the operation: the item in it is called Flash Player 11.” “For example, the app was listed in the educational section of the Play store. 
“The authors of this scam have gone a long way to make it appear as a legitimate business,” highlights Štefanko.
Figure 3: The victim gets directed to pay for the Flash Player
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