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Why are your updates anonymous?

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Stuart
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I'm a new firefox user and have never done an update. Evidently the upgrade downloaded automatically and when I restarted my computer this morning I got messages from an unidentified source saying " Hi... we've seen got some updates for your computer... don't turn off your pc." How do I know if this message is from firefox or a virus? If it's you why don't you identify yourselves? The messages have been flashing on my screen for over an hour. If I don't get an answer I'm going back to chrome.

I'm a new firefox user and have never done an update. Evidently the upgrade downloaded automatically and when I restarted my computer this morning I got messages from an unidentified source saying " Hi... we've seen got some updates for your computer... don't turn off your pc." How do I know if this message is from firefox or a virus? If it's you why don't you identify yourselves? The messages have been flashing on my screen for over an hour. If I don't get an answer I'm going back to chrome.

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Hi

These messages sound like they may be a scam as we only update Firefox for Android through the Google Play store.

I strongly recomend that you do not pay attention to these messages and consider clearing your browsing history to stop them from reappearing.

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Paul
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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

Hi

These messages sound like they may be a scam as we only update Firefox for Android through the Google Play store.

I strongly recomend that you do not pay attention to these messages and consider clearing your browsing history to stop them from reappearing.

Stuart
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With apologies, it turns out that windows is the culprit, not Firefox.