I keep receiving the Security and stability update is available for my 3.6.17 version of Firefox but it will not download. What should I do?

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I keep receiving the Security and stability update is available for my 3.6.17 version of Firefox but it will not download. What should I do? edit
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There's no 3.6.18, so there appears to be a glitch in the update checking. Or the message is not really from Firefox (malware site).

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