How to remove Flash Player Update Recommended [Virus removal guide]

The “Flash Player Update Recommended” is just one of the many sites of the so-called misleading advertising type. It’s made to fill the web-browser’s constant stream of alerts and warnings offering download and install an questionable software named “Flash Player Update”. If your internet browser opens automatically to the “Flash Player Update Recommended” then it’s possible that a PUP (potentially unwanted program) from adware family has been installed onto the computer. The adware is developed in order to display third-party ads to the user without asking his permission. The ad supported software takes control of installed web browsers and redirects them to undesired pages like the “Flash Player Update Recommended” every time you surf the Web.

Technically, the adware is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates a lot of popup advertisements. It may download and install on to your PC system other malicious and unwanted software without your permission, force you to visit misleading or malicious web-pages. Moreover, the ‘ad supported’ software can install web-browser hijacker. Once installed, it will modify your web-browser setting like newtab, homepage and search engine by default with an annoying web site.

In addition to that, as was mentioned earlier, certain ‘ad supported’ software to also modify all browsers shortcuts which located on your Desktop or Start menu. So, every affected shortcut will try to redirect your web-browser to intrusive ad web pages such as “Flash Player Update Recommended”, certain of which might be harmful. It can make the whole computer more vulnerable to hacker attacks.

To find out how to delete “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup , we suggest to read the step-by-step tutorial added to this article below. The tutorial was prepared by experienced security researchers who discovered a method to delete the annoying adware out of the PC.

Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup

The following steps will help you to remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up from the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Moreover, the step by step guidance below will help you to remove malware, browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and toolbars that your PC may be infected. Please do the guidance step by step. If you need help or have any questions, then ask for our assistance or type a comment below. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to shut down your web browser or reboot your computer.

To remove “Flash Player Update Recommended”, perform the steps below:

1. How to remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam without any software
   • Uninstall PUPs through the Windows Control Panel
   • Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up from Internet Explorer
   • Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam from FF
   • Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up from Chrome
   • Fix web-browser shortcuts, modified by adware
   • Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks
2. How to delete “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup with free software
   • Automatically get rid of “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam with Zemana Anti-malware
   • Scan and clean your computer of adware with Malwarebytes
   • Scan your system and remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup with AdwCleaner
3. Run AdBlocker to stop “Flash Player Update Recommended” and stay safe online
4. How to prevent “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup scam from getting inside your computer
5. To sum up

How to remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam without any software

The useful removal guidance for the “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up . The detailed procedure can be followed by anyone as it really does take you step-by-step. If you follow this process to remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

Uninstall PUPs through the Windows Control Panel

First, go to MS Windows Control Panel and delete suspicious programs, all programs you don’t remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to programs you installed just before “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up appeared on your internet browser. If you don’t know what a program does, look for the answer on the World Wide Web.

It will show the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all programs installed on your system. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort software by date in the Control panel.

Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up from Internet Explorer

In order to recover all web browser home page, new tab page and search provider by default you need to reset the Microsoft Internet Explorer to the state, that was when the MS Windows was installed on your personal computer.

First, open the Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu, press the “Internet Options” like below.

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then press the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your PC system for the changes to take effect.

Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam from FF

If the Firefox web browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Firefox settings such as homepage, newtab page and search engine by default to its default state. It will save your personal information such as saved passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs.

Launch the FF and click the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the internet browser screen. Next, click the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will show the slide-out menu.

Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you’re unable to access the Help menu, then type “about:support” in your address bar and press Enter. It bring up the “Troubleshooting Information” page like below.

Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation dialog box. The FF will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the ‘ad supported’ software which displays misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up on your PC. Once, it’s finished, press the “Finish” button.

Remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up from Chrome

Like other modern internet browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby restore the browser’s settings such as startpage, new tab page and search provider by default that have been changed by the ad supported software which cause misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up to appear.

1. First start the Google Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
2. It will show the Google Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed extensions. If the list has the addon labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following tutorial: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
5. You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Advanced” link.
6. Scroll down again and click the “Reset” button.
7. The Google Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
8. Next click the “Reset” button.
9. Once this procedure is finished, your web-browser’s newtab, home page and search engine by default will be restored to their original defaults.
10. To learn more, read the post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Fix web-browser shortcuts, modified by adware

After the adware is started, it can also change the browser’s shortcut files, adding an argument such as “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you start the browser, it will show an undesired web site.

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut that you use to open your browser. Next, choose the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut file for the web-browser that is re-directed to the “Flash Player Update Recommended” or other undesired web-page.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The ad supported software which displays misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up scam on your computer can modify the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you launch your browser. Depending on the web-browser you are using, there should be:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

If you’re seeing an unknown text like “http://site.addres” that has been added here, then you should remove it, as shown in the following example.

Next, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you open the web-browser from this desktop shortcut file, it does not occur automatically reroute on the “Flash Player Update Recommended” web site or any other annoying web pages. Once the step is done, we recommend to go to the next step.

Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted “Flash Player Update Recommended” web site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all the tasks which have been created by ‘ad-supported’ program.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This opens a dialog box that titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, like below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Please choose the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your machine. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then delete this harmful task. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the unwanted software, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to delete, then click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as on the image below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ applications. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to delete “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup with free software

After completing the manual removal tutorial above all unwanted applications, malicious web browser’s addons and adware which causes misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up on your web-browser should be removed. If the problem with “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup is still remained, then we recommend to scan your machine for any remaining malicious components. Run recommended free adware removal programs below.

Automatically get rid of “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up scam with Zemana Anti-malware

We suggest using the Zemana Anti-malware that are completely clean your PC of the adware. The tool is an advanced malware removal program developed by (c) Zemana lab. It’s able to help you remove PUPs, hijackers, malware, toolbars, ransomware and adware which displays misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop up on your system.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) for MS Windows. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

When downloading is done, close all windows on your computer. Further, run the install file named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as shown in the following example, click the “Yes” button.

It will show the “Setup wizard” that will allow you install Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) on the PC. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) will automatically start and you may see its main window as shown in the following example.

Next, click the “Scan” button .Zemana Anti-Malware application will scan through the whole personal computer for the ad-supported software that developed to display misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up within your web browser. This process can take quite a while, so please be patient.

After Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) completes the scan, Zemana Anti-Malware will open a list of detected items. Review the results once the utility has finished the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti-Malware will delete ad supported software which causes misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup on your web browser and add items to the Quarantine. When finished, you may be prompted to reboot your machine.

Scan and clean your computer of adware with Malwarebytes

You can get rid of “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We recommend this free malware removal utility because it may easily remove hijacker infections, adware, potentially unwanted applications and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

Click the link below to download MalwareBytes Free. Save it on your Desktop.

When the download is finished, close all software and windows on your machine. Double-click the install file called mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as displayed on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) on your PC. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once setup is finished successfully, click Finish button. MalwareBytes Anti Malware will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed on the screen below.

Now click the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes Anti Malware utility will begin scanning the whole machine to find out ‘ad supported’ software that causes misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup on your web-browser. This process can take some time, so please be patient.

When MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) has finished scanning, MalwareBytes will display a screen which contains a list of malware that has been detected. In order to remove all threats, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button. The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) will remove ad supported software that causes multiple misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” alerts and pop ups and add threats to the Quarantine. Once finished, you may be prompted to restart the personal computer.

We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes to remove ad-supported software, browser hijacker and other malware.

Scan your system and remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup with AdwCleaner

If MalwareBytes antimalware or Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) cannot remove this ‘ad supported’ software, then we suggests to run the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars and adware that cause misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up to appear.

Visit the following page to download AdwCleaner. Save it on your Desktop.

Once downloading is done, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once the utility is started, you will see a screen like below.

Further, click “Scan” button . AdwCleaner utility will start scanning the whole system to find out ad supported software that causes browsers to open misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup scam. This process can take quite a while, so please be patient. Once AdwCleaner has completed scanning your PC system, AdwCleaner will display you the results as shown in the following example.

You may move threats to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply click “Clean” button. It will display a dialog box as shown on the screen below.

You need to press “OK”. After the clean-up is done, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer. When your PC system is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

These steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Run AdBlocker to stop “Flash Player Update Recommended” and stay safe online

In order to increase your security and protect your computer against new undesired ads and harmful web pages, you need to run ad blocking program that blocks an access to malicious ads and web pages. Moreover, the application can block the open of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. Download AdGuard program from the following link. Save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.
   

   Adguard download
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   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your system, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, sites such “Flash Player Update Recommended”, as well as other harmful or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

How to prevent “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup scam from getting inside your computer

The ad-supported software usually is bundled within another program in the same install package. The risk of this is especially high for the various free programs downloaded from the Net. The creators of the applications are hoping that users will use the quick install method, that is simply to press the Next button, without paying attention to the information on the screen and don’t carefully considering every step of the install procedure. Thus, the adware can infiltrate your computer without your knowledge. Therefore, it’s very important to read all the information that tells the program during installation, including the ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Software license’. Use only the Manual, Custom or Advanced setup option. This method will help you to disable all optional and unwanted software and components.

To sum up

Now your computer should be free of the adware that causes browsers to show misleading “Flash Player Update Recommended” pop-up scam. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted ads and unwanted malicious web pages) and Zemana Anti Malware (to periodically scan your system for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new adwares, malicious software and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove “Flash Player Update Recommended” popup from your browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.