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Adobe Flash Player can be installed via Adobe GetPlus. Adobe GetPlus is a background program, that Adobe installs and which constantly runs on your system. The background process wastes system resources, and is spyware. It is automatically and silently installed in the background whenever you visit the Adobe web site to install or update Flash Player (a web browser plugin.)Back in January of 2011, Adobe Systems Incorporated pulled a stunt which amounted to what some industry experts described as tricking users of their software into installing a virus like program known as Adobe GetPlus. Users would upgrade a common Internet browser plugin known as Flash Player only to become infected with the GetPlus DLM Vulnerability. It was quickly pointed out that the program was malware. Adobe later discontinued distribution of GetPlus. The article below is for archival purposes. {{:Template:Archived Entry}} [[Adobe Flash Player]] can be installed via Adobe GetPlus. Adobe GetPlus is a background program, that Adobe installs and which constantly runs on your system. The background process wastes system resources, and is spyware. It is automatically and silently installed in the background whenever you visit the Adobe web site to install or update Flash Player (a web browser plugin.)[[Category:Security]]