Can Adobe Flash Player be used with Mac Sierra?

Thanks, I started with Uninstalling Flash, and got to the last step... almost.

I couldn't find those directories in Finder (I'll look again), and I'm wondering if I'm supposed to use command line or something. Never did that. Then again, I haven't done most things with Mac yet. 🙂

I'll make sure to run Etresoft again after Flash is gone.

And does it generally remove all the files pretty well? Or should I be prepared to go hunting down "leftover scrap files"? Or does command line (if that's even its proper name) work better? I'm just trying to do things the right way. Thanks for your patience. ...I'm trying to hang on to mine, so many things that I still need to figure out/install before my iMac is finally useful... (CS 6 Design Standard, Inkscape, old Wacom tablet, learning to organize files in Finder, etc.) Well, one thing at a time.

Just sorry that I have to waste both mine, and other people's time on getting rid of my adware issues. OK, done "venting" now. 😀

I'll try looking at it again, but this is all I could see... A Library in Macintosh HD another Library in System. Sorry, just missing something here. There's a hidden Library in "Users" where I have my username? I think I'm on the wrong track. 😝 Thanks again for taking time to send me messages. 🙂

Alright cool, that helps. I think I have those two directories downloaded, restarted, and ran the Adobe page test to make sure it's not installed. So tomorrow I will get back to Etresoft.

One other question. This and other icons like it show up and cannot be deleted, but only ejected. Makes sense for pcrephials/flash drives, but an uninstaller? I ejected it, and it "disappeared," I guess... I wish I knew why it was there if it isn't a deletable file...

Guess I just need to read more macOS introductory stuff.

Huh. Neat. Thanks for the link.

First I want to mention that there are some obvious adware files and stuff, but before I went aimlessly searching and trashing files, I wanted to understand what I was dealing with so I could make complete work of it. (Still haven't tried the method in the links I posted.

Another thing; I got the Safe Finder thing stuck as my homepage, and then when I tried to change it back, it wouldn't go back... at first, but now it seems to be gone, or back to normal... maybe I restarted or something and then it took effect. Well, I still have to remove it... anyway... here's my results.

Oh, but first, can I ask about Flash Player again? That doesn't come installed with macOS right??? Anything with Flash was my doing right? I just want to get rid of it. I don't even know if I need it for most websites anymore. I tried to get it to view Newgrounds... but that's when I got the adware... OK, sorry for rambling, here:

EtreCheck version: 3.4 (420)

Report generated 2017-07-16 20:53:31

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 1:36

Performance: Excellent

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Remove/Report] links to remove adware or update the whitelist of legitimate software.

Problem: Other problem

Description:

Unwanted files and/or software…

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

iMac - model: iMac18,3

1 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-7700K) CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

iCloud Quota: 4.89 GB available

Video Information:ⓘ

Radeon Pro 580 - VRAM: 8192 MB

iMac 4096 x 2304

Disk Information:ⓘ

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM1024L disk0: (1 TB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 315 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 999.59 GB

Recovery HD (disk0s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

USB Information:ⓘ

USB30Bus

Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB31Bus

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 999.23 GB (951.56 GB free)

Physical disk: disk0s2 999.59 GB Online

System Software:ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F2073) - Time since boot: about 8 days

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Possible adware:ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mediageer.view.update.plist

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks

[loaded] 166 Apple tasks

[running] 99 Apple tasks

[killed] 11 Apple tasks

11 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 163 Apple tasks

[running] 101 Apple tasks

[killed] 10 Apple tasks

10 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 a0305b84 - installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.mediageer.view.update.plist (? ? ? - installed 2017-07-16) Adware! [Remove/Report]

~/Library/Application Support/mediageer/mediageer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2017-07-16) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 220bf38f 179adda - installed 2017-07-13) [Lookup]

User Login Items:ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-07-05)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Steam Application

(/Applications/Steam.app)

Spotify Application

(/Applications/Spotify.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6: 26.0.0.131 (installed 2017-07-08) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-04-28)

Flash Player: 26.0.0.131 (installed 2017-07-08) Outdated! Update

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

Flash Player (installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

2% WindowServer

1% kernel_task

1% fontd

0% quicklookd

0% blued

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

1.09 GB kernel_task

508 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

329 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

319 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

276 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Top Processes by Network Use:ⓘ

Input Output Process name

3 MB 1 MB mDNSResponder

521 KB 108 KB netbiosd

120 KB 92 KB Spotify

40 KB 40 KB ntpd

29 KB 12 KB Mail

Top Processes by Energy Use:ⓘ

3.94 WindowServer

0.80 Spotify

0.44 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

0.30 com.apple.WebKit.Networking

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

909 MB Available RAM

22 MB Free RAM

7.11 GB Used RAM

887 MB Cached files

390 MB Swap Used

Software installs:ⓘ

CLIP STUDIO PAINT: (installed 2017-07-05)

Wacom Tablet: (installed 2017-07-05)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-07-06)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-07-08)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-07-08)

megane: 1.0.4 (installed 2017-07-08)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

2017-07-08 04:01:29 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

Well, its been a month (life issues I guess), but here I am with an update.

First I downloaded/installed AppTrap based on Macworld.com's recommendation, and it seems to be a neat little utility. Who knows if it missed something, but I dragged the "Advanced Mac Cleaner" icon into the trash, and this utility asks if I want to also move all associated files, and it seems to have moved a bunch of other related files into the trash. (Though I now don't see as many as I thought I saw earlier...) Then I ran Etrecheck, but I thought I'd get a second opinion before removing the two suggested files. (And yes, I'll eventually set up Time Machine when I'm worried about losing files.)

Also, not sure if I still have (or ever had) the Safe Finder virus, but I don't see any signs of it. Maybe I'll look more carefully at those two uninstall methods I initially posted... just looks like a lot of work. 🙂

EtreCheck version: 3.4.2 (436)

Report generated 2017-08-19 17:01:03

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 1:34

Performance: Excellent

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Remove/Report] links to remove adware or update the whitelist of legitimate software.

Problem: No problem - just checking

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

iMac - model: iMac18,3

1 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-7700K) CPU: 4-core

64 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

iCloud Quota: 4.70 GB available

Video Information:ⓘ

Radeon Pro 580 - VRAM: 8192 MB

iMac 4096 x 2304

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM1024L disk0: (1 TB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 315 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 999.59 GB

Recovery HD (disk0s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

USB Information:ⓘ

USB30Bus

Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Rocketfish Apple Mouse

USB31Bus

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 999.23 GB (924.44 GB free)

Physical disk: disk0s2 999.59 GB Online

System Software:ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F2073) - Time since boot: about 2 days

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Possible adware:ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/Karabiner-VirtualHIDDevice

[loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner.VirtualHIDDevice.v040600 (4.6.0 - SDK 10.12) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks

[loaded] 168 Apple tasks

[running] 108 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 167 Apple tasks

[running] 107 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[running] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_console_user_server.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2017-07-15) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[running] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_grabber.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2017-07-15) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist (Techyutils Software Private Limited - installed 2017-08-19) Adware! [Remove/Report]

~/Library/Application Support/amc/helperamc.app/Contents/MacOS/helperamc

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2017-08-19) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 220bf38f 9280bbdd - installed 2017-08-17) [Lookup]

User Login Items:ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-07-19)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Steam Application

(/Applications/Steam.app)

AppTrap Application

(~/Library/PreferencePanes/AppTrap.prefPane/Contents/Resources/AppTrap.app)

Advanced Mac Cleaner Application

(~/.Trash/Advanced Mac Cleaner.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-04-28)

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

AppTrap (installed 2017-08-19) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

6% WindowServer

4% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

3% coreaudiod

2% kernel_task

1% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

3.04 GB kernel_task

2.10 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

886 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

640 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

612 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Top Processes by Network Use:ⓘ

Input Output Process name

10 MB 101 KB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

3 MB 750 KB Spotify

666 KB 191 KB mDNSResponder

26 KB 167 KB apsd

114 KB 29 KB netbiosd

Top Processes by Energy Use:ⓘ

19.44 coreaudiod

10.60 WindowServer

7.02 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

2.82 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

48.00 GB Available RAM

43.34 GB Free RAM

16.00 GB Used RAM

4.65 GB Cached files

406 MB Swap Used

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

2017-08-19 10:28:23 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2017-08-18 01:15:34 StarCraft.app Crash [Open]

I think I already made that mistake like a few days into iMac ownership. 😢 I think it came packaged with a few friends.

Would this and this help really help me remove that stuff? I mean, that's a legit site dedicated to fighting malicious adware, etc, right?

Also, is Flash Player listed in System Preferences by default? I think I want to uninstall it and all traces of anything from that day, but thought there was a small chance it was actually there by default.

Would this help me uninstall perfectly (every file)? I know the site is fine, just wondering if there are better ideas, or if this is what most people would try... OK thanks to stedman1 and anyone else who might give me a bit of feedback.

The links you posted should help you remove the 3 items they have instructions for.

For more help, try running this program in your normal account, then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy Report” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

Etrecheck – System Information

Possible adware: ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mediageer.view.update.plist

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.mediageer.view.update.plist (? ? ? - installed 2017-07-16) Adware![Remove/Report]

Run the report again and click [Remove/Report].

Adobe Flash Uninstaller

You are welcome.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. You should then be able to delete the 2 files by going to Preferences and Caches.

Once installed, go to Safari/Preferences/Security and make sure Allow Plugins is checked. Then click Plugin Settings to make sure Flash is enabled.

Adobe Flash Player

What you ejected is a disk image the uninstaller creates. Look in your Downloads folder for the installer package and delete that.

Yes, but only download from the Adobe, never when prompted by a web popup message.

Yes. Go to Adobe's website to find a download the most recent version - 24.0.0.221.

You are welcome. In Finder hold down the option/alt key while selecting the Go menu item. Select Library.

Possible adware: ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]

Run the report again and click [Remove/Report].

Looks clean to me.