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Mozilla Firefox Start Page Scam Attachment
On my Firefox Start Page I have been getting the following message under the map of the World- " Mozilla as maker of Firefox is non profit and we rely on donations and grants. If everyone reading this gave $3, we would only have to fundrais 1 day a year- Donate Today" How do I get rid of this Permanently. I reset Firefox and it goes awya but when I reboot my computer it reappears. Any Tips. Billboy
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Hi Billboy
I do not remember seeing such a message myself, so maybe it is a scam. (I rarely look at the homepage)
- What is the address of the page you are opening as a homepage ?
- What is the apparent scam address ?
Right click and use any copy URL/copy link address option then paste that into your reply.
- What is the apparent scam address ?
- Highlight the information in the addressbar and copy and paste it into your next message. (that may not actually be possible)
- Click on the icon at the left of the addressbar, what information does that provide.
- Compare the page with the page you get by keyng into the addressbar about:home then hitting the return key on the keyboard. That should give you the normal homepage.
Did you have a problem using the green button when you posted your message ?
Your full Firefox system details are not shown.
OK! I'm confused! My neighbor also gets the $3 request page when he uses FF? It's been on my Home Page since the beginnig, which he told me about FF when IE was having trouble earlier this year! I do Belive I used the Link he sent me! I've gotten updates from FF since then. Did you recently issue an update?
Today I'm getting a reminder to Donate before Year End!!
DERSEQUIM द्वारा
The area under the search box on the built-in home page displays rotating messages. I'm also seeing a fundraising message at the moment (attached screen shot is from last night). I'm giving time here on the forum instead. ;-)
You can hide that message area if you find it distracting. Here's an example of a past thread on that: How do I get rid of this aggravating stop watching us bar when I open Firefox?
You can set the browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl pref to an empty string to prevent loading new snippets.
You can open the about:config page via the location bar.