firefox no longer supports your operating version and will be vulnerable to online attacks
Hey Firefox,
Long time user, first time writer. Lately, apropos of nothing, I've been getting a pop up stating:
"URGENT! Firefox no longer supports your operating system version and will be vulnerable to online attacks. <a>Learn More</a>"
And that doesn't sound like you guys. I'm using Mac OS 10.5. All my updates have been downloaded, the opening screen of this site tells me I'm up to date. Is this some kind of trick? I also have a screen shot of the occurrence, though not the url.
Please help. Thanks guys,
jen
Additional System Details
This happened
Just once or twice
This started when...
Not sure, most recent occurence was 10/28
Installed Plug-ins
- Version 3.8.1.9672
- Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.44.23
- Shockwave Flash 10.3 r183
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- npmnqmp 071303000006
- RealPlayer Plugin
- iPhoto6
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0
More Information
Hey Firefox,
Long time user, first time writer. Lately, apropos of nothing, I've been getting a pop up stating:
"URGENT!
Firefox no longer supports your operating system version and will be vulnerable to online attacks.
<a>Learn More</a>"
And that doesn't sound like you guys. I'm using Mac OS 10.5. All my updates have been downloaded, the opening screen of this site tells me I'm up to date. Is this some kind of trick? I also have a screen shot of the occurrence, though not the url.
Please help. Thanks guys,
jen
hello jen, i think this is a genuine message, since firefox 16 was the last version which has been released for os x 10.5 and there won't be any future security upgrades for the browser.
This will be the min requirements for Firefox 17.0 and newer.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0beta/system-requirements/
Mac Operating Systems
Mac OS X 10.6 Mac OS X 10.7 Mac OS X 10.8
Helpful Reply
Long time user and frustrated by this... is the solution to stop using Firefox? Because I certainly can't afford to go buy a new Mac just because I'm not eligible for newer operating system upgrades. My Mac isn't even that old... Suggestions?