Mac security warning

[josie]

I've just clicked on a BC post (can't remember which one, sorry!) and instead got a page asking me to update my Adobe Flash Player. It looked genuine at first, so I followed it. I became suspicious when the name of the downloaded file didn't match the name on the page. Sophos detected it and cleaned it up. (See screenshot attached.) 

' "Bundlore" is an installer which bundles legitimate applications with offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user. Such third party applications are typically installed onto users’ computers by default, but may include an option to ‘opt-out’ during or after the installation process.' (Sophos website) 

It's the first time I've seen anything like this - not sure whether the bug is embedded in a BC post? If so it would be whatever I tried to look at at about 10:25 or 10:26 tonight. But thought you ought to know. 

 

[ped]

D'oh! Never update flash from anything other than Adobe.. it might mean you have a trojan on your computer that has infected your browser and points you towards malicious sites. Are you using Safari?

Give your computer a scan with Malwarebytes and see if it finds anything.

[josie]

Thanks - yes, this is Safari. And I'm clean. I've just run Malwarebytes and it's found nothing - as I expected - not sure if it would pick up anything that Sophos missed. 

[ped]

I actually find that anti virus progs on Macs cause more problems than they solve. There's definitely something causing it - let us know if it happens again and on what site.

[josie]

Thanks Ped, shall do. I've never believed Macs don't need protection - thus have been running Sophos for a long time - we all need to share information on this stuff. 

[josie]

Same as before, in BC/Off Topic, today at 15:40:

The back button on the browser took me to this:

The back button from there took me back to BC. Malbyteware and Sophos both say everything on the Mac is ok. It hasn't happened on any other sites, or in Firefox. Strange... I'll ask my IT people at work to have a look at it on Monday. 

[ped]

Thanks for that. @charic anything we can do this end?

[charic]

14 hours ago, ped said:

Thanks for that. @charic anything we can do this end?

I'll get Astrapi to check the server but it's unlikely our side

[ped]

48 minutes ago, charic said:

I'll get Astrapi to check the server but it's unlikely our side

OK I'd better mute Whatsapp

[charic]

Hi @josie, our server chap says that it's likely your side. He's done a preliminary sweep of the server and all looks good and yours is the only report we've had if this

[josie]

Update: my IT guys confirm they can't find any problems with my Mac. It's still happening occasionally, only in Safari and only on BC/Off Topic. I've just installed the latest Safari update and hope that will fix it - I'll let you know either way. Thanks for your help! 

[charic]

Good luck with it! We've still not had other reports of this, so seems to be limited to yourself strangely!

[BigRedX]

On 23/11/2018 at 16:50, josie said:

Same as before, in BC/Off Topic, today at 15:40:

That is not an Adobe Flash alert. The Adobe ones are on a black background.

As a stater, I suggest that you download and re-install Flash from the Adobe Website. If the problem persists and your IT guys can't find what is wrong on your Mac you might need to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything to eradicate whatever is causing this.

[wateroftyne]

Never seen this on my Mac.