Hijacked online adverts - warning for Firefox

[dimity_blue]

This has happened to me twice over the past 2 days, so I thought I'd post a warning in case anyone else gets hit.

I was reading a messageboard and one of the pages was redirected to a Firefox warning page with a pop up urging me to "download this security patch". Fortunately, I didn't as I'm extremely suspicious of that kind of crap.

I went looking and found this from Firefox.

The ads on the affected pages are hacked to redirect you to a fake webpage. If it happens to you don't download the security patch.

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Thanks for the warning! My hubby (IT guy) has warned me of these things too. In fact, if something like this pops up, I tend to go to task manager and close the browser (as it often won't close any other way). Sometimes clicking 'cancel' or 'leave this page' can cause problems apparently, so I'd rather close the browser via task manager and be safe.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I didn't think about doing that but it's a good idea.

[vamysteryfan.livejournal.com]

Good to know!

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Forewarned is forearmed. It's ridiculous we have to be so careful!

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

Like you I'm always cautious but thanks for the heads up.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, Beth. I hope you never need the info though.

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

Me too.