How to spot a fake Flash Updater?

A few days ago, I have updated Flash Player on all my computers.

Today at bowsing on a webserver which apparently was not using any Flash content

a warning window comes on top of my work:Screen Shot 2014-07-10 at 14.17.15.png

There is no mention of what version talks about this update.

At the same time the range of low grade in the IMMA make me think about typical adware

who try to take us to the navigation on the commercial web servers.

I tend to think it's a more wrong Flash Updater.

How can I determine if this Setup is real or fake?

How can I quickly see the version of that this installer is speaking?

How can I identify what source is this bleeding window?

An update of Flash Player version was released two days ago: 14.0.0.145.

However, I don't know how to identify false update notifications.

Best way to avoid false updates is to manually download the update from the Adobe or Macromedia site: g http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/support/install_flash_player_osx.dm - this link always contains the latest available Installer.

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