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I got a pop up telling something is trying to trick Firefox into accepting a false update says to contact you?

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It has happened more then a few times Its pops up and says Something is trying to trick FF into accepting a fake update.

It has happened more then a few times Its pops up and says Something is trying to trick FF into accepting a fake update.

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This issue can be caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder (defaults\pref) like a file firefox.js that overrides the update URL with a wrong link. Do a clean reinstall and be sure to remove the Firefox program folder to remove the file(s) that cause the problem.

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