I have recieved a suspicious email about an upgrade to Firefox and I want to know if it is legimate or not
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From - Wed Oct 19 15:50:34 2011 X-Account-Key: account2 X-UIDL: 00002489452dbeb7 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-Mozilla-Keys: From: "Mozilla Firefox"<[email protected]> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: New update available. Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:07:41 +1130 MIME-Version: 1.0 (produced by Synapse) X-mailer: iolo System Shield 10.5.2.105 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Return-Path: <[email protected]> X-Original-To: [email protected] Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mailserver.nf (Postfix)
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New update arrive.
Your security is our top priority. Our open source security process means we have an international community of experts working around the clock to monitor the latest threats. As soon as a security threat is discovered, we write a patch and release an update to stay one step ahead. Downloading Firefox updates is a very important part of staying safe online.
Firefox is constantly evolving as our community finds ways to make it better, and as we adjust to the latest security threats. Keeping your Firefox up-to-date is the best way to make sure that you are using the smartest, fastest and . most importantly . safest version of Firefox available.
A Firefox update will not make any changes to your bookmarks, saved passwords or other settings. However, there is a possibility that some of your Add-ons won.t be immediately compatible with new updates.
Re-installing Firefox will not affect your settings, bookmarks or preferences in any way.
A Firefox software update is a quick download of small amounts of new code to your existing Firefox browser. These small patches can contain security fixes or other little changes to the browser to ensure that you are using the best version of Firefox available.
Update in a click : <a href="http://mail.alnahlagroup.com:8887/products/download/product/firefox-7.0.1/">firefox-7.0.1</a>
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New update arrive.
Your security is our top priority. Our open source security process means we have an international community of experts working around the clock to monitor the latest threats. As soon as a security threat is discovered, we write a patch and release an update to stay one step ahead. Downloading Firefox updates is a very important part of staying safe online. Firefox is constantly evolving as our community finds ways to make it better, and as we adjust to the latest security threats. Keeping your Firefox up-to-date is the best way to make sure that you are using the smartest, fastest and . most importantly . safest version of Firefox available. A Firefox update will not make any changes to your bookmarks, saved passwords or other settings. However, there is a possibility that some of your Add-ons won.t be immediately compatible with new updates. Re-installing Firefox will not affect your settings, bookmarks or preferences in any way. A Firefox software update is a quick download of small amounts of new code to your existing Firefox browser. These small patches can contain security fixes or other little changes to the browser to ensure that you are using the best version of Firefox available. Update in a click : http://mail.alnahlagroup.com:8887/products/download/product/firefox-7.0.1/
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It is NOT legitimate. It is SPAM
The latest Firefox release is 7.0.1 which you should update to by visiting http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Gewysig op
Thank you.
Thank you. I have now seen that someone else has received the same identified spam