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Question about validity of user account control popup from mozilla corp. DO I ALLOW THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE?

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namr
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Received popup: 

                               USER ACCOUNT CONTROL
                               
"Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer"

 Program name: Firefox Software update
 Verified Publisher: Mozilla corp.
 File Origin: Hard drive on this computer

SHOW DETAILS                                              YES           NO
Received popup: <pre> USER ACCOUNT CONTROL "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer" Program name: Firefox Software update Verified Publisher: Mozilla corp. File Origin: Hard drive on this computer SHOW DETAILS YES NO </pre>

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user633449
user633449
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You are likely receiving that because you need to update to Firefox 40. Please do so ASAP

cor-el
cor-el
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See also:

James
James
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And for the recent update today, Firefox 40.0.2 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/40.0.2/releasenotes/

Modified by James