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how to download clean file as virus(malware) was attached to my last firefox download

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curious.me
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last week I downloaded firefox 3.6 version from internet and was shocked to see to that it also downloaded several malicious malware to my system which may have come as attachments.all the malware(including hidden objects) got removed only after I uninstalled firefox. how can I download a clean program and how to check if there are any malicious programs attached to it? I use free avira anti virus.

last week I downloaded firefox 3.6 version from internet and was shocked to see to that it also downloaded several malicious malware to my system which may have come as attachments.all the malware(including hidden objects) got removed only after I uninstalled firefox. how can I download a clean program and how to check if there are any malicious programs attached to it? I use free avira anti virus.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You're not going to get any Malware or viruses when you download directly from Mozilla or a Mozilla mirror server.
http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html

cor-el
cor-el
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Only download Firefox from the official Mozilla site and do not click links on websites to download Firefox.