New Mac malware uses 'novel' tactic to bypass macOS Catalina security Since this malware can be downloaded via a Google search, I'm doubly glad that I use DuckDuckGo instead (although I don't know if DDG is susceptible as well).

Clarifying, it's a phony Flash d/l that turns up in a Google search...pretty limited - at least at the moment - and soon (supposed) to be extinct with the demise of Flash.

Anybody here still got Flash? And why?

My Mac Pro and MacBook Air have Flash installed, but my new iMac does not. I keep Flash on the two older computers updated out of habit. I don't notice that it is missed on the iMac.

Time to dump it?

I dumped it a few years back and haven't had so much as a single occasion on which I've needed it since then, HTML5 having pretty much universally replaced it. And it's going to be discontinued at the end of the year.

Keeping it can't hurt, but when's the last time you actually needed it?

Dunno. I only notice it when I have to update it! I've moved the preference pane to another place. If everything works for a month, I'll trash it.