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Aloha, I get anxious, sometimes very anxious when I wonder how safe my financial and personal information is online using my phone. We do not have a laptop, tablet, or desk PC, I have an unlimited data plan thru total wireless and it's all i use for internet oh, other than T-Mobile home internet for streaming. Don't use home internet to do anything by scroll and view. I begin to question myself, and that leads me being introduced to security systems and companies that provide VPN and other thing with initials. Reading through the material on the topics of security and privacy, it seems that I have these extra features already included through FIREFOX. But yet, nothing is as simplistic as that. Or is it? Do I have all the special security features just by using FIREFOX as my browser? I hope this isn't the most annoying topic you need to explain, comfort, assure to other people ever. Thanks, if you and just tell me what I need and how to do it for my cell that'd be super groovy awesome. Sincerely and Respectfully, Laura

Hi, whenever I do a search, https://khsrchrdr.com appears with the search terms as suffix, but no search results. Grok says this "is a fake/monetized search page (often called a “search redirector”) commonly pushed by browser hijackers or potentially unwanted programs (PUAs). It is not a legitimate primary search engine like Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo." How do I get rid of it in Firefox. I can't see it as an extension in FireFox

I am receiving popups - sometimes five to seven, stacked, and purporting to be from Firefox or Mozilla but having a clearly "poisonous" URL, The popups warn that my computer is infected with a dangerous virus and want to to click on them to remove it.

I do have an anti-viral program installed - "McAfee".

I went on the Mozilla page regarding reporting bugs but it is a bit above my pay grade to understand.

Robin Miller

I've been receiving pop up messages on firefox saying something like "Torguard won't work with apple updates going forward". Is this genuine as apple say they don't use pop up messages.

I am getting these small windows poping up in the lower right side of my screen that state:

Mozilla Firefox

       ATTENTION!
       Click here to remove it!

I am using TotalAV antivirus which is telling me that there is no virus. This only happens when I use Firefox, not Edge or Goggle browsers.

I have McAfee pop-ups that seem to be linked to Firefox. How do I get rid of them? I have used the McAfee MCPR tool, but the pop-ups remain with a Mozilla Firefox notification box. When I open a link from an email I get nine of them. Seconds ago I just got a system update Mozilla Firefox alert box; if I click on it, I get a page to sign up for McAfee.

I receive various emails that often contain links to articles and other websites. Although none have ever been troublesome, Firefox is now preventing me from viewing them "for my own safety". How do I go back to simply viewing the stuff I'm reading about in my email?

DRM nags are back ! I am very suspicious of this ! Stopping FF DRM nags yields NO search results -- but used to. Zero searchable information in the Mozilla databases. What a search for DRM nags does yield is LOADS of outrage (see attached) against FF. I am getting a VERY, VERY suspicious. Before FF tries to monetize more functions -- FIX THE LEGACY ISSUES !!! One thing after another, all week, month and year. 'Upgrades' of the browser induce panic and fear these days. "What will break next ?". You people need to look at shrinking market share and growing outrage and have a Come-to-Jesus moment ! Pawning off 'support' on volunteers is about as cynical as I have ever seen. No useful answers for weeks to many things I have posted since migrating machines to Win 10/FF 15x.

Glad I did that search ! "Back in February, Mozilla changed Firefox's Terms of Use and Privacy Notice for the worse. Mozilla removed a longstanding FAQ promise – Nope. Never have, never will" – regarding the sale of your personal data to replace it with a less definitive pledge" to "protect your personal information." Would it surprise you to know that a few weeks later, Mozilla announced that AI would be its top priority in 2025? I note that this was listed above privacy." Where the Hell is the AI Plague going to get a broken browser ? Look at those damn search results ! Gazillions of posts by fed-up users and vastly shrinking market share.

Looking for an exit now...