Adobe flash player. Tried to update it in response to a message in Safari - flash player out of date. When it loaded I found it had also installed Mackeeper and another web program - premier opinion. Anyone else experiencing this? Any recommendations.

Where did you update it from. The only place you should get flash player is from adobe's site. You likely clicked on a link to a site that installed these other programs. Uninstall the unwanted programs and reinstall flash player from adobe's site.

Are you seeing the fake update alerts on more than one site, or on a well-known site such as Google?

From the menu bar, select

 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Network ▹ Advanced... ▹ DNS

Under DNS Servers you should have one or more numerical addresses, such as “192.168.1.1” or “10.0.0.1”. What are those addresses?

naffat wrote:

I updated it directly from the window that appeared with the message from adobe which was apparently false. I have uninstalled the programs. I like your recommendation to update from the Adobe site. Thanks!

The message was not from Adobe. It was a fake alert from the site you were on. The purpose was to trick you into clicking on the link so that malicious software could be loaded onto your computer. The only safe way to get and install flash player is to directly go to Adobe's site.

You seem to have run into a malicious ad on a legitimate website. A genuine alert that Flash is outdated and blocked is shown on this page. Follow the instructions on the page in that case. Otherwise, the alert is not trustworthy and someone may be trying to scam you into installing malware.

Even on the Adobe official site they include by default optional software downloads. I happen to be currently on my Windows computer and this is what Adobe offers me with the Flash Player. I can't remember what if anything is offered as an option for Apple computers. Notice also that the option is pre-selected. You must deselect all optional offerings made by Adobe.

Optional offer:

Yes, install the free McAfee Security Scan Plus utility to check the status of my PC security. It will not modify existing antivirus program or PC settings.

"MacKeeper" is a scam, and "Premier Opinion" is malware. I asked about DNS because sometimes a hacked router can cause legitimate websites to be redirected to a malicious server.