The Emergence Of Mozilla Firefox Fake (Munculnya Mozilla Firefox Palsu)

A researcher from Sophos warned about a trojan virus that threatens the users of Mozilla Firefox. Researchers said the spread of the virus is by email. He mentioned that if there is a notification email with the subject 'New Version released' from the alamat@firefox.com email is fake. The email is a means of virus to infect Mozilla is already installed on the computer.

The email contains a message that to get the latest updates from Mozilla Firefox, computer owners must download a small file which is a patch file. Furthermore patch, said in an email message, it will fix a number of security features and a few changes to the browser view.

Email message in full :

“A Firefox software update is a quick download of small amounts of new code to your existing Firefox browser. These small patches can contain security fixes or other little changes to the browser to ensure that you are using the best version of Firefox available.

“Firefox is constantly evolving as our community finds ways to make it better, and as we adjust to the latest security threats. Keeping your Firefox up-to-date is the best way to make sure that you are using the smartest, fastest and . most importantly . safest version of Firefox available.

“A Firefox update will not make any changes to your bookmarks, saved passwords or other settings. However, there is a possibility that some of your Add-ons won.t be immediately compatible with new updates.”

Translate Pesan Bahasa Indonesia :

"Pembaruan perangkat lunak Firefox adalah download cepat sejumlah kecil kode baru ke browser Firefox Anda yang ada. Patch ini kecil dapat berisi perbaikan keamanan atau perubahan kecil lainnya ke browser untuk memastikan bahwa Anda menggunakan versi terbaik dari Firefox yang tersedia.
"Firefox terus berkembang sebagai komunitas kami menemukan cara untuk membuatnya lebih baik, dan seperti yang kita menyesuaikan diri dengan ancaman keamanan terbaru. Menjaga Firefox Anda up-to-date adalah cara terbaik untuk memastikan bahwa Anda menggunakan, cerdas dan tercepat. yang paling penting. teraman versi Firefox yang tersedia.
"Sebuah update Firefox tidak akan membuat perubahan pada bookmark, sandi yang disimpan atau pengaturan lainnya. Namun, ada kemungkinan bahwa beberapa Add-ons won.t Anda segera kompatibel dengan update baru."
 
At the bottom of the email, there is a link that refers to an address btopenworld.com. This executable file is actually an installer for Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 with a password stealer. This virus will try to divert the attention of the owner of the computer, while the virus is still working underground.