I am getting an error which says something tried to trick firefox into updating

I've been getting this error for some time I have switched to manual update from time to time I download Firefox Nightly and install it again. I live in Iran since my government is known for invading its citizen privacy I was worried if it is something related to them or other sources trying to modify my firefox or it is a known issue. what should I do? continue my manual download install routine or there is a fix?

Which Firefox version do you use?
Such an error has been mentioned in the past as being caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder.
*(32 bit Windows) C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
*(64 bit Windows) C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\
You can try a clean reinstall and delete the Firefox program folder before reinstalling a fresh copy of Firefox.
Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
*Firefox 16.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
Uninstall your current Firefox version, if possible, to cleanup the Windows registry and settings in security software.
*Do NOT remove personal data when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because all profile folders will be removed and you will also lose your personal data like bookmarks and passwords from profiles of other Firefox versions.
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.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
Your bookmarks and other profile data are stored in the Firefox Profile Folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure that "remove personal data" is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.
You can also try to rename or delete the prefs.js file and possible numbered prefs-##.js files and a possible user.js file to reset all prefs to the default values.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall

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* [/questions/815130]
* [/questions/815130?page=2#answer-185385]
* [/questions/816780]
* http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2182955
* http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2182955&p=10815347#p10815347
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*[/questions/815130]
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''This issue can be caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder (defaults\pref) like a file all.js or firefox.js''
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