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How can I stop orange page popping up from "firefox patch js"?

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I'm on Yahoo and a orange page covers the whole screen and reads that it is a "firefox patch js." How do I stop this? Thanks for your help.

I'm on Yahoo and a orange page covers the whole screen and reads that it is a "firefox patch js." How do I stop this? Thanks for your help.

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Happy112
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Hi    !
Good for you be on the alert  !   This is a fake    !
Firefox will always update from within the browser and not from a random webpage. Scammers have been using this tactic, trying to get users to download and infect their computer.
Hard to get rid off, as they will change their URL on a daily basis.
You could consider an ad-blocking add-on like :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=ss
Also see :   I found a fake Firefox update