Is firefox have a Virus?
Hi All i'm using Firefox v59, when installing it on a Fresh installed Windows, it saw to me it is a virus, when i installing it on my PC it work perfect.
Note: i'm using Avast Updated Version.
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Hi, Avast Prob saw it as a False/Positive. Where did you download it from a mozilla.org or firefox.com all other except a few are bogus and it could very well be. If not downloaded from a official site run some scans :
Note if get errors opening pages it will be Avast and you will need to go to their forum for a work around. Especially the below message :
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
i download it from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
mtech.netcafe said
i download it from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
It is good. So just a false/positive I would say.
It is never a problem to run those 2 programs as they look for things differently than a regular A/V program does.
what's the exact detection info (filename/threat name) that avast is giving?
Note that some AV software sees the small Firefox stub installer as containing a virus. The solution is usually to download and save the full Firefox installer.