May have a false update going on here

I went to this site from a Google search
http://Zatz.com/outlookpower/article/recovering-lost-email-in-Outlook-today/
A box of pop came, I close it and it redirected me to this page
http://momtoypicks.com/update.html
who says
Firefox needs to update immediately!

Your version of Firefox (18.0) is vulnerable and needs to be updated.

Attack pages are trying to install programs that steal private information, use your computer for other attacks, or damage your system.

Some attack pages intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.

And has normal warn box upward. but note the web address
http://momtoypicks.com/update.html

Hello, yes it's a phishing tactic that tries to trick you into installing malicious software, in order to not download or run this kind of stuff! updates are managed automatically by firefox, so you don't have to download anything.

You can also run a full scan of your system with software security already in place and the various tools like the free version of malwarebytes, adwcleaner & kaspersky security scan to make sure there isn't already a kind of active malware on your system that triggers these false alerts.

Fix Firefox problems caused by malicious software

You can also help by pressing F10 & will help > report false web while you are on this questionable page - this might get the page in the list of malicious sites that crash in firefox (the list is maintained by google) or when these pages use the firefox logos or trademarks to encourage users to download malicious software you could also send it to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/fraud-report/.

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