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why on second usage, got slammed by hackers for money

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teflonbear
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the second time i tried to use firefox, i got slammed by a red screen advising i need call a Microsoft number. and i was supposed to sign in again and of course password. this of course would have resulted in getting them into my account(s) or worse.

the second time i tried to use firefox, i got slammed by a red screen advising i need call a Microsoft number. and i was supposed to sign in again and of course password. this of course would have resulted in getting them into my account(s) or worse.

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FredMcD
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. Whenever you get a message / popup like that;

DO NOT USE ANY OF THE PROVIDED LINKS OR ANY PHONE NUMBERS ! !

Such messages are only Spam that could lead you to Fake Support. Not only can they damage or hack your system, they charge you to do so.

You can report such a site at; Google Report Phishing Page {web link} which is the same when done while on site by going to Help > Report Web Forgery

Help us safeguard Mozilla’s trademarks by reporting misuse {web link}

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for a good ad / pop-up blocker.

You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.