IainB
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 08:29 PM |
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Firefox Worm?
This just popped up on the latest AVG scan, any ideas? I presume this was the file I used to install Firefox many moons ago but it has only just been
detected by AVG, which scans every evening.
Anyone seen similar problems?
Regards,
Iain
 
Rescued attachment Firefox_Worm.JPG
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e365/IainB1986/
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 08:50 PM |
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No.
I can't see why you have the installer left on your computer though.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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ProjectX
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 09:40 PM |
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Hi,
Im pretty cert that this is nothing to do with Firefox. Have look along the bottom line of your screenshot.
my documents\program installers\GTL update etc etc
have a look here
http://original.avira.com/en/threats/vdf_history.html?id_vdf=2346
HTH
J
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/3/07 at 04:56 PM |
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GTL Update is a file from GT Legends a racing game. What it is doing with Firefox Installer who knows? Unless GT Legends has a facility to write HTML
files for a screen shot of a particular incident as on GT4( PS2). It does seem like it...
It doesn't look like a virus/worm though...
Steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/3/07 at 10:07 AM |
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It seems to be attacking the firfox installers (I keep a copy of every installer I have ever used)
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/07 at 11:30 AM |
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Could be one of AVG's famous false positives ?
Submit it here to be sure
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
or here
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
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IainB
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 01:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
It seems to be attacking the firfox installers (I keep a copy of every installer I have ever used)
I do the same Mark. Being a windows user it makes the regular re installation much easier if you save all your installers! Problem seems to be solved
now, I just replaced the file with fresh one from Mozilla.
Regards, Iain
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e365/IainB1986/
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 08:56 AM |
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Why not
Put them on a rewriter instead of leaving them on your drive ? Broadband does away with the need to store stuff like Mozilla installers with its easy
access and fast download times. If you reinstall from that you are at risk till you download the updates anyway. If windows crashes you'll lose
what's on your drive anyway.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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