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markiesparkle
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A page from rairetairea accosted me on another page with an "Urgent Firefox update." I, of course, closed out & came here to check. Just an FYI.

markiesparkle

A page from rairetairea accosted me on another page with an "Urgent Firefox update." I, of course, closed out & came here to check. Just an FYI. markiesparkle

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That stuff has been going on been going on since at least June 11th. New tactics where the perpetrator is creating new domains almost daily; so as soon as one gets blocked by the SafeBrowsing feature they switch to a new domain and continue with their antics.

You can report those fake updates when you see them via Help > Report deceptive website... which will automatically capture the URL that is sending that message.

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the-edmeister
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That stuff has been going on been going on since at least June 11th. New tactics where the perpetrator is creating new domains almost daily; so as soon as one gets blocked by the SafeBrowsing feature they switch to a new domain and continue with their antics.

You can report those fake updates when you see them via Help > Report deceptive website... which will automatically capture the URL that is sending that message.

markiesparkle
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Thank you! It just totally caught me by surprise, so I scrambled.