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Can I trust virus warnings I've just recd?

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elizabethchartrand71
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I don't know whether I can trust three warnings I've recd, ostensibly from Mozilla Firefox: -Attention Click here to secure your data. -McAfee: 3 viruses found, Hard drive is infected! Remove viruses via ...(but I don't have a McAfee account) -McAfee license has expired. Click here to stay protected online? via ....

I have run MalwareBytes (basic free account) and it found nothing.

I don't know whether I can trust three warnings I've recd, ostensibly from Mozilla Firefox: -Attention Click here to secure your data. -McAfee: 3 viruses found, Hard drive is infected! Remove viruses via ...(but I don't have a McAfee account) -McAfee license has expired. Click here to stay protected online? via .... I have run MalwareBytes (basic free account) and it found nothing.

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These are not our warnings, and it's completely fake.

Plesa read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox

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TyDraniu
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These are not our warnings, and it's completely fake.

Plesa read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox

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