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September 27th, 2014, 03:51 PM
#1
Fishy pop-up on an XP desktop
I frequently get a pop-up with a Firefox logo that says, in effect, “You are browsing with FF and your video player might be outdated.” A second popup on the same screen says*
“It is recommended thatyou update to the latest available player. Please update to continue.” **.... with an OK box and without a NoThanks box.
I can’t get back to my browsing without having to fiddle with File Manager to get rid of the pop-up and I often have to reebot.
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Am I correct that the pop-up sounds fishy? If so, why does Mozilla allow such frauds!?
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What can I do to stop this pop-up?
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Thanks for your comments. ... wdc
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September 27th, 2014, 04:12 PM
#2
Is this the same system? If so, did you get rid of the Yahoo stuff first?
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...43#post1473343
What url are you going to? I suspect it's your Adobe Flash plugin. If that's the case, it's not fishy. You should be updating Flash when updates come out.
15.0.0.152 is the current version.
http://download.macromedia.com/get/f..._15_plugin.exe
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September 27th, 2014, 05:26 PM
#3
wdc--
Could you post screenshots? I assume you are using Firefox as browser.
Jim
WIN7 Ultimate SP1 64bit, IE 11, NTFS,
cable, MS Security Essentials, Windows 7 firewall
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September 27th, 2014, 08:42 PM
#4
I thought I sent a post a few minutes ago saying I failed in downloading latest Adobe Flash Player but I don't see it here. Nevermind because a few minutes after that post my stalled installation came to life and I DID MANAGE to download a Versaiaon 15 of Adobe Flasah.
ShoUld I see it in the cP\Remove apps List? I do not see it there's. Now I Wil try to load a Yahoo-free FF?
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September 27th, 2014, 10:18 PM
#5
Midknyte: I now tried to dl FF and failed. I ended up with a FF Yahoo
Version again!
Would you please give me directions for removing the current Yahoo version and downloading a Yahoo-free version?
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September 27th, 2014, 11:07 PM
#6
Originally Posted by wdc
Midknyte: I now tried to dl FF and failed. I ended up with a FF Yahoo
Version again!
Would you please give me directions for removing the current Yahoo version and downloading a Yahoo-free version?
This is what I meant. Now you are posting across 2 different threads.
How did you remove the Yahoo version? Did you make sure to remove Yahoo toolbar if it was installed? Did you check the addons for anything Yahoo related?
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September 27th, 2014, 11:58 PM
#7
Yahoo is in add/Remove uninstall it.
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September 29th, 2014, 11:17 AM
#8
As I just posted in another forum (where I strayed in reporting my problem) .... Thank you all. I <<think>> my problem is fixed. I ran a Malwarebyte scan and found tons of bad files that I quarantined. My system's performance immediately improved and I no longer get those annoying pop-ups that froze the pc.
I will certainly run Malwarebytes and my av program regularly from now on.
I appreciate all your help and especially your patience. ... wdc
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