If you’re keen to download Firefox 7, please make sure that you download it from the correct website.
When I did a Google for “Firefox 7” this morning, look at the second result I received:
The site is called firefox7.org. So what do you see if you visit the firefox7.org website?
You’ll find some promotional puff about Firefox 7, followed by download links residing on a Blogspot page called “mozillas”.
As you may have guessed by now, Firefox7.org isn’t run by Mozilla.
Instead it was created earlier this year by a Chinese chap called Xiaojuan Zhang. At least, that’s what the site’s registration information says:
Domain Name:FIREFOX7.ORG
Created On:22-May-2011 02:11:29 UTC
Last Updated On:28-Aug-2011 10:51:34 UTC
Expiration Date:22-May-2012 02:11:29 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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