Author Topic: Not sure where to ask this but is my Firefox 27 infected with something?  (Read 2054 times)

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Offline EmoHobo

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I updated it today using the internal updater, now whenever I start it up wmiprvse.exe starts up along side it.  I'm on windows XP and the only plug in I'm using is Flash 12.0.0.44.  I asked my friend who's using Windows 7 without Avast, so I'm trying to get more data to see if it's just me, just XP users, or just Avast users or some mix of causes.

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Re: Not sure where to ask this but is my Firefox 27 infected with something?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2014, 08:00:24 AM »
upload suspicious files  (wmiprvse.exe) to www.virustotal.com and test with 40+ malware scanners    if tested before, click new scan
post link to scan result here

if you want a full malware check, follow the "logs to assist in cleaning malware" guide at top in viruses and worms forum section
attach the requested logs and a malware expert will take a look

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Re: Not sure where to ask this but is my Firefox 27 infected with something?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2014, 08:02:37 AM »
upload suspicious files  (wmiprvse.exe) to www.virustotal.com and test with 40+ malware scanners    if tested before, click new scan
post link to scan result here

if you want a full malware check, follow the "logs to assist in cleaning malware" guide at top in viruses and worms forum section
attach the requested logs and a malware expert will take a look
The problem is I'm not sure exactly what wmiprvse.exe it is and this only started after the Firefox update, I assume it's the normal wmiprvse.exe and I'll try that now.

Edit: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/64389fad94d54e2d43a7292ad3c57cb16f90f2c80ea44099e02d11e19e390a5b/analysis/1391670311/  Came back clean.
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Re: Not sure where to ask this but is my Firefox 27 infected with something?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2014, 08:43:36 AM »
that file should be OK   ;)      First submission 2009-04-15 09:12:42 UTC ( 4 years, 9 months ago )


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Copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Publisher Microsoft Corporation
Product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Original name Wmiprvse.exe
Internal name Wmiprvse.exe
File version 5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Description WMI