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Avira Alert: trojan has found in mozilla profiles folder after updating 57.0

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I am confused. Can Avira be right?

Trojan has found in the following folder: C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\tab9fsey.default-1494393169451\cache2\entries and the file is named 7F1C77071EA38F1DAD4F951B7994D8C66916FF94

System: Win 8.1 64bit

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

I am confused. Can Avira be right? Trojan has found in the following folder: C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\tab9fsey.default-1494393169451\cache2\entries and the file is named 7F1C77071EA38F1DAD4F951B7994D8C66916FF94 System: Win 8.1 64bit Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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Are you still using this profile?

It was created via a refresh in May 10, 2017 (1494393169451).

You can find links to each registerd profile folder on the about:profiles page.


You can clear this folder yourself if you are worried about this alert, but as written above, files in the disk cache normally can't do much harm.

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The wise guy that has approved this automatic update did not think a little on all the security add-ons that will be disabled. so i would not be surprised if thousands of computers got infected today.

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I suspect that Avira is correct - but it is inconsequential where it is sitting.

That "trojan" is in the cache - it ain't gonna hurt you unless you go poking around in the cache.

If it bothers you just being there, just clear the cache.

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Thanks for your help!

@the-edmeister: Nope, does not work. Still there.

Any other ideas?

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Chosen Solution

Are you still using this profile?

It was created via a refresh in May 10, 2017 (1494393169451).

You can find links to each registerd profile folder on the about:profiles page.


You can clear this folder yourself if you are worried about this alert, but as written above, files in the disk cache normally can't do much harm.

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@ core-el: Thank you very much! This time clearing the folder was successful!

I do not understand what it means whether I still using the profile. I am not quite good at these things. Sorry!