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I was infected with a virus after allowing Firefox to update.

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MaxPluton
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I had visited no sites that weren't my normal sites and that was the only download that I had downloaded today. Did this virus originate from your site? Thank You, David Both

I had visited no sites that weren't my normal sites and that was the only download that I had downloaded today. Did this virus originate from your site? Thank You, David Both

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DPMR
DPMR
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NO

Your virus was hiding on your system waiting to pounce.

Modified by DPMR

MaxPluton
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This may be true. Does anyone know what the effects of the following virus infects? Panda Antivirus Pro 2013 incident report Filter selected:All, Date: All INCIDENT NOTIFIED BY DATE-TIME RESULT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Virus detected: W32/Xor-encoded.A Antivirus protection 10/28/2012 5:26:17 PM Disinfected Path: C:\PROGRAMDATA\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS DEFENDER\LOCALCOPY\{3EF6B90E-8FAE-8045-D015-D43D4C9A0DF0}-MAINTENANCESERVICE.EXE Virus detected: W32/Xor-encoded.A Antivirus protection 10/28/2012 5:26:16 PM Disinfected Path: C:\PROGRAMDATA\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS DEFENDER\LOCALCOPY\{9B7684D5-92A6-F3F3-EDFA-A3EAA859D7B4}-PLUGIN-CONTAINER.EXE Connection attempt Firewall protection 10/28/2012 5:10:57 PM Blocked Source IP address: 192.168.1.6 Update Updates system 10/28/2012 4:54:32 PM Correct Type: Identity protection Connection attempt Firewall protection 10/28/2012 4:10:57 PM Blocked Source IP address: 192.168.1.6 Connection