I thought I'd start a separate thread from the original "
Malicious Intrusion" one, just to make sure it stands out. I use Firefox, and I was among those who, as various members described on that other thread, began receiving a bogus notice at
TLO many months back that "Your version of Firefox is out of date," accompanied by an automatic download/install notice that popped up with an "okay" or "cancel" button. It only happened intermittently when I visited the site, and I recognized it for the malware come-on that it was. Then it mostly went away, although it has cropped up occasionally in the past few months. I just haven't said anything about it.
But for the past three weeks, it comes up roughly thirty percent of the time when I visit the site. On every third visit, first
TLO loads for a split second and then the hijack attempt takes over, bringing up a Firefox-branded screen and the same bogus "out of date" message with its accompanying download pop-up. This is mildly annoying. But it's also potentially seriously dangerous.
Have any of the rest of you noticed a recent reassertion of this thing?
07-04-2019
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