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Offline Sorzy

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Infection, threat blocked warning everytime I open Mozilla Firefox
« on: September 04, 2015, 03:07:43 AM »
On my laptop only, as my desktop is pretty much set up the same way, as far as the browser goes, I keep getting a threat detected and blocked notice. I don't know if it's a false positive. In researching it, I don't find much at all. But then, as I've mentioned before, I'm pretty much just and end-user and know enough to fix some things and get me in trouble with others.

Anyhow, if the snapshot shows, this is the notice I get, well, I get a smaller box and the snapshot image opens when I click on view detailed report. Either way, is this a false positive? Is it a virus? Malware? What do I do? How do I get it to stop? Thanks in advance for any and all help and or suggestions.


Offline Sorzy

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Re: Infection, threat blocked warning everytime I open Mozilla Firefox
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2015, 12:00:40 AM »
Figured since there was yet any suggestions or replies or anything, and since it happens so often, I'd screen grab the other box that opens first that lets you view the details which is what the first screen grab image I posted.

Maybe posting these might or will get me some help or resolution. After all, just ran a full system scan and no threat was detected. If I keep getting nothing, I'll just start reporting, every time it happens that is, as a false positive and let whomever figure it out?


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Re: Infection, threat blocked warning everytime I open Mozilla Firefox
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2015, 12:07:33 AM »
Malware removal help is done in Viruses and Worms forum section

At top in that section is instructions to follow    Logs to assist in cleaning malware



Offline Sorzy

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Re: Infection, threat blocked warning everytime I open Mozilla Firefox
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2015, 06:12:53 AM »
OKay, I'll post over there. Although if it's a virus or worm, I don't understand why when I did a full system scan as well as a boot time scan as well as scanned firefox.exe, no threat or virus or anything else came up?



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Re: Infection, threat blocked warning everytime I open Mozilla Firefox
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2015, 06:38:06 AM »
Alright, I've moved it over there. If a moderator or whomever wants to close this thread, here, be my guest.