21-Oct-16, tried to download an online maintenance manual but instead downloaded a host of malware infecting Firefox that caused popups to appear, some claiming a program was out of date and to click for an update. It also collected username and password info. Associated sites: web-start.org (198.105.208.117) which over road the Firefox blank start page. The "update" link: check24.setting4upgradefreshandforyou.top, (163.172.122.36), counterrestoration.help (104.28.24.2); hyracotherium.com (104.18.44.71); adexchangetracker.com (104.154.39.183) were all associated with this. It also installed a number of files in a "Spring Files" folder. Quite nefarious and shaken my confidence in the security of a number of my accounts.
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