Not the real Firefox 7 website – be wary of Google’s search results

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)…

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