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Fake Firefox warnings lead to scareware
santer_2
Posts: 4,406 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Their latest scam? They detect your user-agent string from your web browser and display a fake Firefox security alert if you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
If you are a Firefox user and see a warning about viruses on your computer, you will know it is fake. Firefox does not include a virus scanner inside of it and it will only warn you about visiting malicious pages.
If you get a warning about a dangerous website from Firefox you can always play it safe... Close the browser.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/30/fake-firefox-warnings-lead-to-scareware/
If you are a Firefox user and see a warning about viruses on your computer, you will know it is fake. Firefox does not include a virus scanner inside of it and it will only warn you about visiting malicious pages.
If you get a warning about a dangerous website from Firefox you can always play it safe... Close the browser.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/30/fake-firefox-warnings-lead-to-scareware/
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it amazes me on how many people open popups about security warnings etc. when their is so much information around about popups. do what i do and that is block popups, so you dont get these and if you do need to update adobe etc. which does require a popup then you get a notice at the top of the page asking to accept the popup, so you can accept the individual popup as you know what it is and what its for.0
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