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How can I block bogus web site that keeps trying to update firefox? Need to identify bogus site too.

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How can I block bogus web site that keeps trying to update firefox? Need to identify bogus site too.

How can I block bogus web site that keeps trying to update firefox? Need to identify bogus site too.

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hello, this is a scam tactic that is trying to trick you into installing malware, so don't download or execute this kind of stuff - updates are handled automatically by firefox so you don't have to download anything (you can always initiate a manual check for updates in firefox > help > about firefox).

you might also want to run a full scan of your system with the security software already in place and different tools like the free version of malwarebytes, adwcleaner & kaspersky security scan in order to make sure that there isn't already some sort of malware active on your system that triggers these false alerts.

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you could also help by pressing F10 & going to help > report web forgery while you're on this dubious page - this might get the page into the list of malicious sites that get blocked in firefox (the actual list is maintained by google) or when such pages use the firefox logos or trademarks to trick users into downloading malware you could also file it at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/fraud-report/.

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I have active malware bytes. Firefox gives me a screen that says a site was trying to trick firefox to update new version. How can I identify the site name and put in black list? And then send site name to you too. You must have a list of sites that try to do this from others reporting the same problem.