Someone tried to hijack my computer while I was using Firefox
We were reviewing a website pertaining to orange-peel edema which is associated with pregnancy. During the process of overviewing this site a fake anti-virus program tried to run, or was asking us to continue so it could scan our computer. Norton 360 seemed to have stopped it but, I found it a little discouraging to keep using Mozilla after this happened. I have used Mozilla for years and prefer it over all other web browsers but, I would rather look into other browsers if this persist to keep happening. Norton even indicated the site to be safe prior to opening this web page. The last time I had this to happen I wasn't as educated on these kind of attacks and lost everything.
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Unfortunately, many legitimate sites have become infected with "fake antivirus" malware. It's very hard for link scanners to keep up.
As your case illustrates, it is important to have up-to-date antivirus software and a certain degree of skepticism to avoid installing them.
It's hard to know whether any other browser would have done better under the circumstances. You know how to test that, but I doubt you want to!