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Does Google try to scare people away from downloading Firefox?

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When I downladed Firefox on my android, I got a warning that my phone might be damaged. When I downloaded it on my laptop, the computer went into full alert mode, telling me a porn site was hacking me and I had to call a microsoft phone number immediately. I did not do so and had to shut down the alerts by pulling out the battery pack. Has anyone else experienced this nonsense?

When I downladed Firefox on my android, I got a warning that my phone might be damaged. When I downloaded it on my laptop, the computer went into full alert mode, telling me a porn site was hacking me and I had to call a microsoft phone number immediately. I did not do so and had to shut down the alerts by pulling out the battery pack. Has anyone else experienced this nonsense?

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On your desktop computer, can you find the link where you downloaded Firefox? The official version wouldn't start you off on a tech support scam page.

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I am not aware of such issues. Downloading Firefox for Android is the easiest and safest way to get Firefox on your Android device. Likewise for a compuer, the best place to download Firefox from is from https://www.mozilla.org/.

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Gekose oplossing

On your desktop computer, can you find the link where you downloaded Firefox? The official version wouldn't start you off on a tech support scam page.