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Today one of my family members visited the site Neopets, as she does almost everyday. What is strange is that every link she clicks on the site, be it for playing a game, checking contact information at the bottom of the site, starting a game etc,would cause a pop up to appear saying that we do not have the updated player. By pressing ok, it redirects us to a site called updateplayer.us. It is almost identical to the adobe/flash site which makes me believe that its some type of phishing scam. Furthermore, it will again redirect us to other sites, all similar but with different names (i.e. bamplay.net, and fatplay.net). These sites were identical to one another (bamplay and fatplay). So my question is, do we have a virus or malware on or mac? We have the lion OS. Everything is up to date, (flash player is 13.0.0.214) and our system updates are all up to date. We only download updates through system preferences/ software update. Other than pictures that we have recieved from friends and family, and the occasional pdf we download for school/taxes, the only downloading/installing we have done is from the system/flash updates. We don't visit any malicious websites and are fairly cautious internet users. This just started happening today for the first time ever, and it only appears to be happening on Neopets. Do we have a virus or malicious software installed? Everything else seems to be running fine. Safari still seems to be fast. Or is this something on Neopets end? I'm not very skilled with computers so any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
P.S.
Has anyone else who visits the site been experiencing this?

If Neopets requires Adobe Flash Player, always navigate on your own to Adobe's website and download the installer from them, and never from within someone else's website including this one. Fortunately, thousands of Apple Support Communities participants are here to rapidly respond to anyone's malicious intent.
Adobe's website is as follows, which you will be able to see for yourself exactly as it appears, in your browser's URL field:
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Ignore unexpected popups or solicitations to update Flash Player; they can direct you to fraudulent sites that will attempt to convince you to install malicious software, or to reveal personal information such as your Apple ID credentials.
Or is this something on Neopets end?
That is another possibility, as are other potential causes, but the malicious router hacking I described is a serious concern and must be ruled out at your earliest opportunity.

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