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[MY]PSA: 'your browser is out of date, update now' pop-up is malware — and here's how to actually update midpennbank.com A lot of people are getting hit by this, so a quick heads-up. You're on a normal-looking website and a pop-up appears: "Your browser is critically out of date — update now." You click it, download the file, run it — and you've just installed malware yourself. Security researchers call this SocGholish; it's one of the most common fake-update lures around, and it often runs on legitimate sites that got compromised. How to know it's fake every time: \- Real browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) update themselves, silently, in the background. They never make a \*website\* pop up telling you to download an update. \- The download isn't from google — it's a random or lookalike domain serving an .exe/.dmg. \- It leans hard on urgency: "critically out of date," "your data is at risk." How to actually update: \- Open your browser's own menu → Settings → About \[Chrome/Edge/etc.\]. It checks and updates there, and only there. \- If a webpage tells you to update, just close the tab. Nothing bad happens from ignoring it. Curious if others have seen this lately — what site were you on when the fake update popped up? \[17.0\] "A website says your browser's out of date — and that 'update' button is the virus. Here's how to tell." \[17.1\] "Real browsers update themselves, silently, in the background. They never make a website pop up and tell you to download one." \[17.2\] "That 'Update' button isn't from Google — it's a hacked site handing you malware you install yourself." \[17.3\] "So the rule: a browser update from a webpage is always fake. Close the tab." \[17.4\] "Need to actually check? Your browser updates in its own menu — Settings, then About. Only there." \[17.5\] "Save this so you don't click it. Follow — a new scam every day."