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wixey
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Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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Hi,

On visiting https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/ and clicking the download link to download the latest version of Firefox, this message popped up:


WebAdvisor.jpg


I have no idea why as the link seems genuine and this has never happened before on Firefox's site. Clicking "View site Report" also gave me a "404 Forbidden" message, though checking this site's rating via Google shows it to be marked as "Safe". Can anyone tell me what's going on? Thanks.

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exbrit
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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I got the same as in the picture.  I suggest ignoring the warning, it's just exactly that, a warning, to be careful with a download, any download.

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Hayton
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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No idea why you got this, Wixey, it all looks clear to me. I downloaded from Mozilla as per the link, and there was no warning message. WOT and SiteAdvisor both show Green.

exbrit
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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I don't recognise that download link.  Tried downloading from here?  Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox in your language — Mozilla

Hayton
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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Download link is UK-specific. I got through to it okay, downloaded okay. The WebAdvisor message shows a different URL though.

exbrit
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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I got the same as in the picture.  I suggest ignoring the warning, it's just exactly that, a warning, to be careful with a download, any download.

catdaddy
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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Strange? Like Hayton I was capable of accessing, no prompt or anything.

Web Advisor Site Report   http://www.mcafee.com/threat-intelligence/site/default.aspx?url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/

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wixey
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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Thanks for the feedback catdaddy, Hayton and Ex_Brit.

I've installed the Firefox update and nothing unusual's happened. It still seems odd that WebAdvisor's giving a warning about this despite the safe Site Report.

exbrit
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You're welcome.  Good luck. 

catdaddy
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You are quite welcome   Glad that all is okay.

All the Best,

CD

Cliff
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Hayton
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Re: Warning Message When Trying to Download Firefox

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Folks, have a closer look at that site report.

"Last seen" date is July 2013. Which means the rating is three years out of date.

On the SiteAdvisor page there is a warning flag for a Firefox download - Thunderbird, I think. That too looks seriously out of date.

Perhaps it's time to re-scan the site.As it's only for GB I bet the automated testing ignores it.

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