![]() ![]() So anyway, my browser got redirected to the orange page to download the malware. I feel like something ELSE caused my browser to redirect right then (some hidden cookie somewhere?). But USUALLY, problems like that don't COME from dailymotion. I was just watching a music video on - it was the video to the song "Gettin' Some" by female rapper "Shawna." The exact address of the video I was watching was ( ) <- minus the paranthesis. ![]() And a "firefox-patch.js" file is trying to download from (even though I did not browse to that page intentionally, for any reason). I got the same "orange screen" that other people have screenshot. If you do that while that page is still open, that URL will be automatically captured and will appear in this pageĪdd me to the list of people who just now encountered this error. Users can help too, by using '''Help''' > '''Report deceptive site. Users need to be careful not to "fall" for that noticeably fake update - from a non- URL - plus Firefox updates aren't done in that manner - and aren't packaged in an '''.exe''' file. The guy doing that is changing domains so often that is is hard to shut him down. We have tested user-reported sites with that extension enabled and then without it - and saw that fake phishing site for ourselves. Many of us here who use that extension have found that we don't get that type of deceptive website even appear for us. In conclusion - if you use uBlock Origin - you probably wouldn't have seen that page. Google and Mozilla worked together about 9 years ago to set up the SafeBrowsing feature that both browsers use, along with a few other browser 'brands'. If you do that while that page is still open, that URL will be automatically captured and will appear in this page Users can help too, by using Help > Report deceptive site. ![]() "We" here are keeping track of his exploits in a contributors forum here and we are reporting every URL we are give here. The "harm" that he can inflect upon users with fake downloads is a hazy area with little to no legal enforcement - BUT Mozilla is trying to shut this guy down, along with many others. Legally, he's wrong by mis-using a registered trademark which is what Mozilla aggressively will pursue because that's all he can legally be charged with. Users need to be careful not to "fall" for that noticeably fake update - from a non- URL - plus Firefox updates aren't done in that manner - and aren't packaged in an. I got it this evening.screen shot the original page AND the update page. The random name of the websites alone should raise a flag that it was not legit.Still an issue. The fake firefox-patch.exe and firefox-patch.js files can install things like trojans, viruses, unwanted software or to download additional stuff onto Windows based on past reports if the user runs them. '''This is not from Mozilla or the Firefox web browser'''. It's a 'phishing' attempt which I ignored. I have pasted a FAKE urgent update '''from Mozilla'''. ![]() Read this answer in context □ 4 All Replies (2) Įven if you were to download this firefox-patch.js file it is not a risk unless you were to try and run it. Unfortunately this has gone on for a while now with one or two new sites reported almost everyday. mar type of file) whether on Windows, Mac OSX or Linux (since Firefox 1.5 almost eleven years ago) or by download from like say You could try using a adblocker extension like uBlock Origin to block theses fake ads if you keep getting them. The Firefox updates have not changed as they are done internally in Firefox (with a. The random name of the websites alone should raise a flag that it was not legit. This is not from Mozilla or the Firefox web browser. I have pasted a FAKE urgent update from Mozilla. ![]()
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