Update Plugins message popping up.

[Dick H]

The yellow bar with the "update" message pops up on some sites, but not all sites.
I hesitate to do updates on things I don't understand, so I'd like to get rid of that annoying popup. Any ideas?

 

[Anak]

Two reasons for an update, compatibility, and security.

Since you show FireFox (FF) in your pix:

Go to Tools >Add-Ons >Click on Add-Ons if it isn't already open.

At the top you will see in blue small print "Check to see if your add-ons are up to date".
Click on that, and you will be taken to a FF page that will check, and return results whether or not your plug-ins are okay or you can further research for the update.

Scroll down a bit, and it will explain what to do.

If it is one you have already been using or need I would just go ahead, and click on the gray update plugins... button.

 

[z3r010]

I've just checked the page that is show in that picture and there is nothing in it that would require a plugin.

I'd do a malware scan to be on the safe side.

 

[Anak]

I've just checked the page that is show in that picture and there is nothing in it that would require a plugin.

I'd do a malware scan to be on the safe side.

Thank you z3r010, excellent thought.

Whilst I was out doing yard chores the same thing struck me when I was re-fueling the tractor.

 

[Dick H]

I've just checked the page that is show in that picture and there is nothing in it that would require a plugin.

I'd do a malware scan to be on the safe side.

Thanks. I will do that.

 

[A Guy]

Although the update popup in your screen shot looks like the legit popup from FF, you can check your plugins HERE as well. A Guy