re: #59 ObserverArt

Uh about that Firefox update. You may be a victim of a real nasty virus.

Firefox never asks you to do an update, they happen automatically usually the first time you access Firefox after it’s last use. Once you put Firfefox on your machine it is installed. Same as Chrome and others. The software will always update itself.

If you are in Firefox and all of a sudden a page takes over that looks like a big Firefox logo and asking you to update it probably is not good.

You can tell a lot of times because the URL address in the URL window will not be Firefox at all.

Do a Google search on “Firefox is asking me to do an important update” and you can read all about it.

Sorry! First line of computer defense…do not believe anything you see. Check through Google first about something you are being asked to do, never take a pop-up or a window change you didn’t initiate as legit. Copy the URL and message (or write it down) and then do a search. Almost 100% of the time you will see a scam because they happen to everyone.

I have Firefox set to not automatically update; it simply throws up a box saying an update is available. (I then go to the “about” page to update it.)