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Website tricking users with fake Adobe Flash Player

An online security firm has warned internet users to watch out for a website that tricks users into downloading a fake Adobe Flash Player file by instructing members to install a 'new version' of the video player.

Ranked 118,000 in Alexa, the website brings up a replica tab of the flash player with a message stating that there was a problem displaying flash video content in potential victims' machines.

However, clicking the 'continue' link in the message redirects users to an authentic-looking page that offers an 'install_flash_player.exe',
according to internet security firm F-Secure.

"The analyst was using a Linux system though, so this seemed slightly odd," explained the company. "Turns out the site is a (pretty good) fake."

According to the security vendor, "unless a visitor takes a hard look at the address bar, it's pretty easy to be fooled" because the installer looks identical to the real thing.

Earlier this week a patch for a critical flaw in Adobe Reader 9.1, Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions was released.

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