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I frequent;ly receive the following pop-up window which I believe is NOT from Mozilla, since the URL does not refer to a Mozilla website.

JohnDuncan
JohnDuncan
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This is the URL of what I believe is a bogus pop=up window, purporting to be from Mozilla Firefox.. 

    https://ziedutvnotiblog.org/453164595  I am using Mozilla Fireforx  v  48.0.21306/2b16cef0ce7d7b16b3d4039ada86fa4d.html

I have NOT clicked in the DOWNLOAD NOW button, because I suspect that it will unleash some malicious code on my computer.

I am currently using Mozilla Firefox v. 48.0.2 on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium.

This is the URL of what I believe is a bogus pop=up window, purporting to be from Mozilla Firefox.. https://ziedutvnotiblog.org/453164595 I am using Mozilla Fireforx v 48.0.21306/2b16cef0ce7d7b16b3d4039ada86fa4d.html I have NOT clicked in the DOWNLOAD NOW button, because I suspect that it will unleash some malicious code on my computer. I am currently using Mozilla Firefox v. 48.0.2 on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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You are correct: it's a fake update or patch that installs malware on your system.

Those pages appear randomly as a result of redirects in web advertisements on sites you were visiting. If you have never tried using an ad blocker, you now have a legit reason to try one. For example:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/