Mozilla Firefox problem

ftmuser

Please can anyone help, I cannot close Mozilla Firefox


I tried to view series one of Peaky Blinders and it blocked me with –


www.moz-alerts.com


Firefox prevented this site from asking you to install software on your computer.


Allow / Don’t Allow I pressed don’t Allow and it will not let me out of it Other info


Confirm


To continue you must perform a manual update


Info further down reads - Click on Allow


This site would like to install an add on in Firefox Antivirus for Firefox with a red hand pointing at Allow


Normally Firefox blocks the installation of new plugins. Proceed as follows


Firefox


Firefox requires a manual update this update is required to ensure that you are protected on the internet

were

without viewing the source page, probably a media player addon?

debitcardmayhem

Do not go there , I would run malwarebytes and adwcleaner https://www.malwarebytes.com/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner

flashg67

CTRL Alt Delete together to open Task Manager and end all the firefox sessions.

I guess this was a 'dodgy' streaming site? I'd never click on anything that pops up on this type of site. Occasional 'lock ups' seem to be the trade off for watching streamed stuff 'illegally' !

Robisere

The only way you could legally watch such a BBC programme, would be by using BBC iPlayer, from the BBC website. Was that what you were using?

worried_jim

Robisere wrote: »

The only way you could legally watch such a BBC programme, would be by using BBC iPlayer, from the BBC website. Was that what you were using?

I think it’s on iTunes as well.

badmemory

Speaking from a position of total ignorance here (my son tells me what to update & when - known to all outsiders as my IT advisor). But wasn't there a big Firefox update just over a week ago which had a big problem with no script. Could this be causing the issues. Please remember I did plead ignorance!!

marty2be2000

moz-alerts.com looks like a malicious site, its only been registered a week

Domain:moz-alerts.com
Registrar:Internet Domain Service BS Corp
Registration Date:2017-11-25
Expiration Date:2018-11-25
Updated Date:2017-11-25
Status:clientTransferProhibited
Name Servers:ns-canada.topdns.com
ns-uk.topdns.com
ns-usa.topdns.com

and the owners are masking everything out behind a privacy gateway, all the signs of a dodgy site.

Trying to understand why a DNS lookup gives a loopback to yourself of 127.0.0.1

Gillor

marty2be2000 wrote: »

moz-alerts.com looks like a malicious site, its only been registered a week...

www. moz-alerts.com is certainly a suspect site.

Its serving IP address appears to be 46.19.136.186

This IP address has so far been reported twenty times to AbuseIPDB as being engaged in abusive activity, ranging from fake Firefox scams and attempted installation of Firefox extensions to the delivery of ransomware.

marty2be2000 wrote: »

Trying to understand why a DNS lookup gives a loopback to yourself of 127.0.0.1

Me too, although 127.0.0.1 can be used by malware to modify the hosts file to stop users from contacting genuine anti-malware security sites following infection.