How do I know if the security update is really from Firefox?

I just had a screen shot advising me of a 'Security Update' and I was strongly advised to install it.
It offered a webpage for further investigation and an 'Install' button ... I was busy, doing several things at once and by mistake I clicked 'Install' and whatever it was downloaded .. then I thought to myself '''what was that?'''
there did not appear to be any way to verify who, why, what, where etc...
it said the 'Security Update' would take effect the next time the browser was restarted - which hasn't occurred yet, I sincerely hope it wasn't malicious!

I just ran a scan and all was '''Clean''', when I re-started FF it said '''Installing Updates'''
Although, it was my fault, as usual, I didn't read the screen good enough before clicking 'Install', however, I would say that the 'Security Update Alert' could do with looking a little more, er, how do I say this, Security Minded or Authenticated somehow .. having said that, when I compare FF to IE I find I like FF much better. I haven't long made the change to FF and this was the first 'Security Update' I encountered.
thanks for the advise on the Malware Scan - appreciated
dss. London UK

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