"Microsoft Warning Alert" freezes Mozilla. [Solved]

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Hello again Satchfan,

Unfortunately I decided to wait to see if this problem re-occurred before I uninstalled/reinstalled Firefox, and it did about 90 minutes ago, with the same fake warning with orange background, same frozen computer…all this happened, again, right after I viewed some articles on the same two conservative websites: The New American, and WorldNetDaily.

I get the impression someone doesn't want people visiting certain conservative websites….anyway, I uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled per your latest instructions. The only glitch was that Firefox installed itself automatically, so I had to uninstall both old and new and download a new copy via I.E., which worked. Have restored all bookmarks, only remains to install the extensions I had before.

Before I did that I scanned Firefox with Kaspersky, but nothing came up; scanned the computer with HitManPro, but no threats.  Anything else I should do?

Thanks again for your invaluable help!

JI/MM

Now that it has been re-installed, let me know if that has solved the issue.

Satchman,

One more thought: after yesterday's incident I noticed that there was a URL present with this fake warning. I didn't get all of it because the computer froze, but here is what I got:   naturificlecteesid.info/en?search=   (and then a long string of letters, numbers, etc.)

Does this URL have any significance?

Thanks,

JI/MM

there was a URL present with this fake warning. I didn't get all of it because the computer froze, but here is what I got:   naturificlecteesid.info/en?search=

 

That appears to be a Canadian domain and nothing is known about it. The fact that I found nothing negative about it suggests that you can ignore it.

All the warnings prior to re-installing Firefox are irrelevant. Are there still no outstanding issues since re-installing it?

Satchfan

Thanks, no more issues. I've also downloaded Opera and am now using it for certain sites.

Your computer appears to be clean.


Now that it seems to be running well, please run the following to tidy up the programmes we’ve used.

Download & run Delfix

• download Delfix from here to remove many of the tools we've used during the cleaning process.
• ensure “Remove disinfection tools” is checked.

Also place a checkmark next to:

o    Create registry backup
o    Purge system restore

• click the Run button.

You can delete all other logs and programs we’ve used that are on your desktop. Just click on them and press Delete.

I will keep this open for 24 hours in case you have any problems, after which I’ll close the topic.

Safe computing

Satchfan

Done, and thank you very much!

You're welcome.

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