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I am getting strange popups that want me to click on them to install the latest version of Firefox. They look suspicious to me. Have others reported this?

I am getting strange popups that want me to click on them to install the latest version of Firefox. They look suspicious to me. Have others reported this?

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You might want to try disabling or removing the LinkSwift extension. You can do that on the Add-ons page:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions

Your system information also shows that you have a user.js file in your settings folder. This file is read every time Firefox starts and can override your own settings. To investigate this, check out the steps in this article: How to fix preferences that won't save.

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There have been a rash of reports about fake update messages over the last 3 or 4 weeks. Unfortunately, too many users didn't recognize those as fake messages and made things worse by installing the fake update.