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Firefox Mozilla keeps popping up on the side of my computer asking for payment and I know this isn't right but asking you if this is a Scam Alert or is Firefox really asking me for a payment

Firefox Mozilla keeps popping up on the side of my computer asking for payment and I know this isn't right but asking you if this is a Scam Alert or is Firefox really asking me for a payment

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I really don't think it's us. Can you attach a screenshot of this prompt?

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It won't let me copy a pic, cause I don't have an Iphone and can't screen shot it

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Also asking for payment for anti-virus

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Malware 2.0 your going to have to get a computer shop to look at that.

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It's Your Mozilla Firefox that's doing this~!!!!!!!!~ This is what has been popping up: From: via brnok.goldensmith.top Code#404 payment failed 3 virus's found Antivirus expired Has been popping up every day since I told you, could you Please ask a Tech why this is happening, I NEVER has to pay anything for searching on web pages. If you can see that it is a Scam, please let me know and also Firefox Thank you

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I guess you should install this add-on.

Please remember that Firefox is for free.

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marqt719 said

It's Your Mozilla Firefox that's doing this~!!!!!!!!~ This is what has been popping up: From: via brnok.goldensmith.top Code#404 payment failed 3 virus's found Antivirus expired Has been popping up every day since I told you, could you Please ask a Tech why this is happening, I NEVER has to pay anything for searching on web pages. If you can see that it is a Scam, please let me know and also Firefox Thank you
That site is Not from the company Mozilla or the Firefox web browser. It could perhaps be due to some malvertising ad you encountered while on some website. The scam link you post is a suspended site at moment.

There have been a variety of scam sites out there over the years where they do a fake virus scan of your computer and claim it is infected so they can try and trick you into downloading malware or making a payment for some fake <insert application> tech support etc. I have uncounted variations of the fake infected scan scam over the years and since I use Linux that made it an obvious scam more so since the fake virus scanning looks like a Windows system scan of sorts.

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