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Urgent Firefox update

Postby momoffduty » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:58 pm

Urgent Firefox update is malware.
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Re: Urgent Firefox update

Postby sidd finch » Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:49 pm

Good to know thanks for the heads up.

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Re: Urgent Firefox update

Postby TreeTopsRanch » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:54 am

Does the message differ from the usual Firefox update message?
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Re: Urgent Firefox update

Postby momoffduty » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:11 pm

The message is full screen with the Firefox logo. Firefox says it is malware:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1129758
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Re: Urgent Firefox update

Postby Paz_Pazzaz » Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:25 pm

I keep getting a page that looks like this, but when I go to Mozilla.org, I get a message that my FF is up to date. Thanks for the heads up, Mom.

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