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    Re: Warning if you use Firefox

    Thanks, will pass this on to friends/family.

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    Re: Warning if you use Firefox

    One of the comments point ut bad grammar....i'm not that great with mine but even i could see how badly worded it was lol
    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    It was so small that mine wouldn't fit into it

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    Re: Warning if you use Firefox

    Meh, looks an easy fake to spot

    It'll be bad when they start doing this..

    -Scan your ProgramFiles dir to see which security software you're running, then show a screen that looks 100% the same as your AV software, with a fake 'Scan Now' button that goes to another website.

    Really wouldn't be hard for them to do

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    Re: Warning if you use Firefox

    I don't know, it looks quite convincing for your average user - big red screen they've probably seen once or twice before now telling them they have a problem. Hopefully most AV will detect stuff like this.

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