After clicking "close" X, a message appears then disappears too quickly to read. It begins "Firefox will close now..." The word "security" appears in the next line. What is the rest of this message and should I be concerned about "security"?

none further

The full message that was almost impossible for me to read was: “'''Firefox will close now. Please standby while BetterPrivacy checks your hard disk for LSO cookies…'''”
To see if your message is the same or different:
1. Open Firefox
2. Press and hold the Shift key with your left hand
3. Close Firefox
4. Then, as soon as the message appears, press the Print Screen key with your right hand
5. Open the Microsoft Paint program, go to the Edit Menu and press Paste
6. A box with the full message should appear. If not, continue to open and close Firefox and hit Shift/Print Screen until you time it just right and the message will appear when you paste it into Paint
There would not appear to be any security concerns with the message posted above
There may be security concerns if your message is different.

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