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Downloads lead to scam and fake virus pages

Download flow sends users to scam, adult, fake virus-warning and ad pages, and installs unrequested software.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 29 December 2024 · last reported 14 October 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several users report that using this Firefox add-on sent them to unrelated sites, including adult pages, a fake Microsoft virus warning that would not close, a flagged ad domain, and an unrequested browser download.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.