History of I found a fake Firefox update

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current   lisah933 Fixed grammar mistakes
Approved   PGGWriter changed unnecessary numbered lists to bullet lists
Approved M AliceWyman TOC, moved Heartbeat info to its own section, other edits
Approved M AliceWyman empty edit to mark RFL - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470200
Approved   Lan Typo
Approved M AliceWyman fixed Private Browsing link, info
Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision: link to [[Tracking Protection]]
Unreviewed   AliceWyman updated to account for new scam - see discussion
Approved M AliceWyman New "Firefox requires a manual update" add-on scam
Approved M AliceWyman small changes to last revision
Approved M user633449 Moved the HB prompt up, minor changes
Approved M Michal Stanke Heartbeat study L10N note
Reviewed M Michal Stanke Add note for localizers about update notification being shown to some users only
Approved M AliceWyman added note about legitimate Heartbeat update prompt - see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1192712
Approved M philipp wording changed in fake update screens
Approved   Joni added one more instruction to step #1
Approved M Joni removed references to third-party ad blockers
Unreviewed   Joni added info about fake ads
Approved M Joni added note that fake updates are not just seen for Firefox, but other browser
Approved M philipp update article with more information, screenshot and suggestion to install adblocking addons
Reviewed M cliffontheroad shortened URL gives impression it is a different article/post
Approved   AliceWyman minor edit: users -> you
Approved M AliceWyman added a note about Firefox automatic updates, linked to "update Firefox" article
Approved M AliceWyman edits to Intro per https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282106#c17 since URLs are not helpful.
Approved M Artist fixed typo, added quot. marks
Approved M Goofy suggestions: a more optimistic invitation to report and an emphasis on sec. recommendation
Approved M Joni sorry, forgot to linkify Google Web Forgery
Approved MT Joni created new article so social can link to it.

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