SCAM???
My current open page suddenly turned to a typical Firfox orange-red page with firefox logo and saying
"CRITICAL FIREFOX UPDATE"
with a download button
I noticed the web address was :
and thankfully did not click on the button.
I have tried searching the firefox website for any critical downloads etc but nothing
if this is scam please WARN
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Hi ! Good for you be on the alert ! This is a fake ! Firefox will always update from within the browser and not from a random webpage. Scammers have been using this tactic, trying to get users to download and infect their computer. Hard to get rid off, as they will change their URL on a daily basis. You could consider an ad-blocking add-on like :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=ss
Also see : I found a fake Firefox update
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Hi ! Good for you be on the alert ! This is a fake ! Firefox will always update from within the browser and not from a random webpage. Scammers have been using this tactic, trying to get users to download and infect their computer. Hard to get rid off, as they will change their URL on a daily basis. You could consider an ad-blocking add-on like :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=ss
Also see : I found a fake Firefox update
Thanks
if this is a continuous thing then Mozilla should have warnings on there opening pages as this seems so realistic
ALERtHelp said
Thanks if this is a continuous thing then Mozilla should have warnings on there opening pages as this seems so realistic
I see your point. Maybe you'd like to post a suggestion here :