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by: Aseriesguy December 19, 2012 4:10 PM PST

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Firefox Download contained a Trojan

by Aseriesguy - 12/19/12 4:10 PM

When downloading any applications for installation always be careful. Looking to re-install FIREFOX I ran a search. mozilla-firefox.ez-download.com/ looked like a legit source URL. My Norton even indicated it was OK. After the download a malware scanner I had running indicated it contained TROJAN.W32.Mal.Gen.43923 and disabled the file! A closer look at the hit list turned up at least four bogus file sources. The real one was way down the list. I was in the process of cleaning up after "search.us.com" had stolen my browser home pages. I could not clean up FIREFOX so I de-installed it. I almost installed a worse problem. It's getting harder and harder to get what you really search for with all the search engine corruption going on.


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The right place is www.mozilla.org

by wpgwpg - 12/19/12 4:17 PM

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To download Firefox, you need to go to http://www.mozilla.org . That's where you're supposed to go. If you go anywhere else, it's at your own risk, as you've seen. I see they have it here at CNET as well, and I've never had a problem with anything I've downloaded from CNET.


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Please post this to the download.com forum.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/19/12 4:19 PM

In Reply to: Firefox Download contained a Trojan by Aseriesguy

You left out which malware scanner so they need that to see if it's a false positive or just a PUP.

Here's the forum link -> http://forums.cnet.com/download-site-feedback-forum/?tag=contentMain;contentBody

If you do use download.com, try the direct download link next time.
Bob


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