Prompted to download and update, can't tell if it's legitimate
About once a week I'm prompted to accept a download from Firefox normally while I'm reading a news article. Every few days, I launch Firefox, click tools, help and check for updates. I do maintain the latest version. I'm currently on version 47.0.1 on a Windows 7 64 bit Pc.
I'm not sure if an add-on needs updating or if spyware is trying to download. In the past, when I know I have the current version of Firefox installed, I quickly start task manager and end the FireFox task without clicking anything else that could allow spyware to download. I went back to the page (link is below) where I received the download message but it didn't display this time. If this is an add-on update, where can I verify I need it?
Can anyone tell me if this is legitimate? if so, what is downloading?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-bellwood-school-district-met-20160711-story.html
Thanks!
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It sounds like you are getting a random name website claiming a urgent Firefox update. This is not from Mozilla. The fake firefox-patch.exe can install things like trojans, viruses, or unwanted software based on past reports.
The desktop Firefox is not just for Windows as it is for Mac OSX and Linux also so .exe would not be an effective way to send out Firefox updates. The updates are done internally in Firefox (with a .mar type of file) or by download from mozilla.org like say www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/
Even if Mozilla were to use .exe for Firefox updates on Windows, they would be serving them from a *.mozilla.org url and not from random websites with weird names and a long random stuff on end.
You could try using a adblocker extension like uBlock Origin to try and block the malicious ads. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
Unfortunately this has gone on for a month now with one or two new sites reported almost everyday. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/712056/