Windows 11 jumpscare

[Anonymous6]

Hello,
Today I just about had a heart attack when I received an "Upgrading to Windows 11?" system notification, shortly after closing my Firefox browser session.
I value my privacy greatly and this is part of why I have been sticking with Firefox for almost 2 decades now (and keep converting people to using it), so I have taken considerable effort to protect my system from malicious Microsoft updates.
This is very important to me because Microsoft has been abusing Windows Updates to force Windows 11 updates on people which essentially act as trojans and have been reported to actually replace people's entire operating systems without their consent. There have also been reports of them sneaking some of the spyware components of Win11 into existing Win10 systems. The company can no longer be trusted but some software can not be immediately migrated to Linux, so for now a locked-down Windows 10 system is the only option.

For a moment, I thought Microsoft had somehow broken through/disabled my firewall and compromised my machine.

For some people, and in some countries, keeping your personal information safe literally means keeping you and your family safe, so this is not just some minor annoyance.

Thankfully it appears to have been Firefox itself springing a massively unappreciated jumpscare on me and not an actual system compromise. I checked the currently active studies and one called "Windows 10 EoS Sync Messaging" was active and completed.

Needless to say I was relieved, but I will not be allowing Firefox to run any studies or submit telemetry in the future.

[richardrb]

wszystko fajne ale odblokujcie przeglądarkę ,firefox ma,chromium ma Supermium ,dlaczego nie  Waterfox? e ten sam silnik sztucznie wyłączony!,tu tylko o bespieczeństwo idze i to nie bankowe bo na bank nigdy nie wchodzę nawet na smartfonie!

[porquilho]

Disable windows firewall and antivirus by default and never turn it on in your life.

[dftf]

@Anonymous6 : without a screenshot, hard to know what you're referring to.  But in the Mozilla help articles, it does say this at the top (if that's what you meant):

Windows 10 reached EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025.
If you are on Windows 10, see this article.

If it was that, or similar though... not-sure why that would cause you to panic?

They're only letting users know; they're not going to stop you using Windows 10, and Firefox itself will continue to run on Windows 10 for at-least a few more years yet.  Their older 115.43 ESR still works on Windows 7 and 8, so I doubt Windows 10 support will end any-time soon!

[Agentvirtuel]

Bonsoir

Anyway, Firefox 115 browser is out of date.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1612948

[dftf]

Firefox ESR 115.43 is not "out-of-date", it is still supported by Mozilla.

The most-recent update to ESR 115, for Windows 7 and 8 users, 115.43, was released October 13th:
https://www.firefox.com/en-GB/firefox/115.43.0/releasenotes/

The ESR 115 is currently planned to be supported until at-least 115.53, expected March 23, 2027:
https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

There is no issue in Windows 7 or 8 PCs using the ESR 115 branch: it is quite literally what they should be using, as no other version of Firefox is now supported on those systems.  

[Agentvirtuel]

Bonjour

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