I received an email that was supposedly Firefox asking me to change connection; I did the spam!

Am I paranoid? Anyone who has received something like that? I have no tie or pass on to someone else, just in case it's a ripoff... I do not look at details, because I just pay $89.00 to fix a virus was supposed to be micro-soft. »

There was a big "Firefox" logo at the bottom of the page.

You were right to be wary of this mail.

I can't say much for the I just pay $89.00 to fix a virus was supposed to be micro-soft because I have not seen.

As for malware protection, there are free programs available. More information can be found in the article troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malware .

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If a program forgets something, someone else can pick it up.

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