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Do you send onscreen security warnings.

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When opening up Firefox an onscreen warning came up saying a very dangerous virus & to call a phone number.....is this legitimate?

When opening up Firefox an onscreen warning came up saying a very dangerous virus & to call a phone number.....is this legitimate?

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. Whenever you get a message / popup like that;

DO NOT USE ANY OF THE PROVIDED LINKS OR ANY PHONE NUMBERS ! !

Such messages are only Spam that could lead you to Fake Support. Not only can they damage or hack your system, they charge you to do so.

You can report such a site at; Google Report Phishing Page {web link} which is the same when done while on site by going to Help > Report Web Forgery

Help us safeguard Mozilla’s trademarks by reporting misuse {web link}

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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for a good ad / pop-up blocker.