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virus? scam sites? and finger pointing!

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so I usually use Firefox on iOS and have no prob. I attempted to down load and install on a Samsung s9 this evening ( its actually quite late which contributed to my knee-jerk reaction.

after installing I got the what looked snd sounded very much like ransomwear pop ups that wouldn't budge . looked like a fake Google site ( I'm pretty sure it was fake because I don't have chrome functioning on this device at all nor most of their products. I have a couple screen shots if I can upload but at early hours like it is. I uninstalled Firefox AND the remaining products from that company who thinks my data is their commodity to sell. and now I'll leave this with those of you who are more technical than i am to tell me what moronic thing i did to have the imposter (fake Google) accuse me of jaunting all over the scam sites online.... where else would i jaunt if a duck could jaunt at all.

so I usually use Firefox on iOS and have no prob. I attempted to down load and install on a Samsung s9 this evening ( its actually quite late which contributed to my knee-jerk reaction. after installing I got the what looked snd sounded very much like ransomwear pop ups that wouldn't budge . looked like a fake Google site ( I'm pretty sure it was fake because I don't have chrome functioning on this device at all nor most of their products. I have a couple screen shots if I can upload but at early hours like it is. I uninstalled Firefox AND the remaining products from that company who thinks my data is their commodity to sell. and now I'll leave this with those of you who are more technical than i am to tell me what moronic thing i did to have the imposter (fake Google) accuse me of jaunting all over the scam sites online.... where else would i jaunt if a duck could jaunt at all.

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Hi Leanne,

Do you remember where you attempted to download Firefox from? You should only try to download from an official source, such as the Play Store or the Mozilla website.

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It would have Been either the Samsung store or the play store. I’m too lazy for to mess around with searching for APK’s.

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Hi Leanne

Could you upload those screenshots you mentioned? That will help us to understand what has happened here.