http://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/ Appeared when I updated Flash

[meganoho]

http://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/ appeared when I updated Flash at the prompt. Tried malware adware solutions, but still there. There is a lot of chat about this on the net, but no Idiots Guide on how to remove it. Ideaas?

[pwillener]

Appeared where?  All Adobe downloads go through Akamai.

[meganoho]

this link (or whatever the proper name is...) sticks adverts all over anything i access, yahoo mail, facebook, google search, you name it. I am told by "experts" it is adware, or malware. I ran Malwarebytes, Ad-aware, Spybot, plus MS Essentials and it is still there. It does not appear in Chrome extentions, where all the online advise seems to suggest it is.

There appears to be a lot of talk about this on the net, but nothing gives a step by step (Idiot's) guide to removing it. As usual, any question is met with another question, and round it all goes again.

[C_F_McBlob]

Akamai is a file server, NOT a website, and NOT a virus. Whatever you got, you probably got BEFORE you downloaded the update, and like most malware, it was on your system "laying in wait" for an opportune moment to manifest itself.

[pwillener]

Can you post a screenshot of what you see; I am having difficulties envisioning what's going on.