Every few days I get a warning box labeled "Software Update" that tells me "Update Failed. Something is preventing Firefox from updating securely. I have screen

I have a screen shot of this warning. There is no Mozilla or Firefox logo on it. Is it from Mozilla?
Every time I get this message, I close the box via the red dot in the upper left-hand corner, go to the Mozilla site and download and install the latest version. A few days later, the message reappears.
Thank you for helping me.
Late 2011 MBP
OS 10.8.5
Oak Freed

Are you the adminstrator of your computer? Do you have a real time anti-virus / anti-malware program installed? Is firefox restricted by your firewall? Any one of these could be your problem. Could you tell me more about your computer please?

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Do a clean reinstall and be sure to remove the Firefox program folder.
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* Do not remove personal data when you uninstall the current version.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
* It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
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The 1st message goes on to say, "Please make sure that you have the latest version of Firefox from http://www.firefox.com." Assuming 4.0.1 is the latest version, it seems this is a bogus message and I haven't clicked on the link.
The 2nd message goes on to say something like, "if this continues [the attempt to trick Firefox into accepting an unsecure update], contact your network administrator."
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I loaded & ran free versions of McAfee Stinger, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and Super Anti-Spyware programs on all our PCs; each program found & repaired some infected files on each computer, but the messages continue on all.
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Jonathan Kleinow wrote:
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