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Malawarebytes is blocking Firefox Setup 40--win10.exe How can I correct?

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tdtullikopf
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My Malwarebytes anti malware program is blocking this executable because it thinks it Unwanted. I believe it is required by Firefox. If it is, how do I correct?

My Malwarebytes anti malware program is blocking this executable because it thinks it Unwanted. I believe it is required by Firefox. If it is, how do I correct?

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hi, judging by the filename this is no official mozilla installer and might come bundled with adware/malware. if you want to download and use firefox please only do so from the official location at mozilla's servers at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ thank you!

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philipp
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hi, judging by the filename this is no official mozilla installer and might come bundled with adware/malware. if you want to download and use firefox please only do so from the official location at mozilla's servers at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ thank you!

James
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Firefox 43.0.4 is the current Release as Firefox 40.0 is old.

I agree that file name is suspicious as Mozilla does not put things like win10 in name.