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Is this from you ? view-source:https://sohxiugto.org/3632889353039/5676ac460e061ca9bb4a12ab03248c4d.html

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view-source:https://sohxiugto.org/3632889353039/5676ac460e061ca9bb4a12ab03248c4d.html

This was address line when I clicked "view source" from right click on screen, for a "Urgent Firefox Update" ... sohxiugto looked suspicious, overall looked very realistic, but thought to ask

view-source:https://sohxiugto.org/3632889353039/5676ac460e061ca9bb4a12ab03248c4d.html This was address line when I clicked "view source" from right click on screen, for a "Urgent Firefox Update" ... sohxiugto looked suspicious, overall looked very realistic, but thought to ask

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James (doing minimal support)
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It has no affiliation with Mozilla.org in any way.

Various websites with weird names have been poping up in the past week claiming to have a Firefox update or patch to to try and trick Windows users to download a fake firefox_patch.exe or a firefox_update.exe. This .exe if run by user will then install things like viruses, trojans, or unwanted software on Windows.

The desktop Firefox is not just for Windows as it is for Mac OSX and Linux also so .exe would not be an effective way to send out Firefox updates since it is not used on Mac or Linux. The updates are done internally in Firefox with a .mar file or by download from mozilla.org like say www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

Even if Mozilla were to use .exe for Firefox updates on Windows, they would be serving them from a *.mozilla.org url and not from random websites with weird names.