how do I stop the Firefox ad that wants me to download Firefox for Chrome?
I do not have Chrome on my laptop, which has Windows Vista. Yet, I continue to get a Firefox ad telling me that Chrome is not protected. How do I stop the firefox Chrome ad?
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You are running an outdated version of Firefox.
Please use Help > About Firefox to trigger an update. And then see if that problem is corrected, or not.
Do a scan for malware. It might be some kind of hijack attempt.
- SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
- AdwCleaner - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - https://www.malwarebytes.org/
- Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
- Kasperky Free Security Scan - http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
- Windows Defender - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
- http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
- http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
- http://bleepingcomputer.com/
- http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
- http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showforum=27ßß
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:
Ggwg2015tt said
I do not have Chrome on my laptop, which has Windows Vista. Yet, I continue to get a Firefox ad telling me that Chrome is not protected. How do I stop the firefox Chrome ad?
Is this on a Google.com site as Google tends to have a mention to get people to use the Google Chrome web browser on a corner.
The Firefox web browser and Google Chrome web browser are completely separate web browsers.
Maybe give a link or url where you see this or add a screenshot to your reply on what you see?
Can you attach a screenshot?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
- Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
- Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB