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Firefox Portable has virus?

Firefox Installation and updates
ideato replied
nxvalencia
nxvalencia

Downloaded Firefox Portable from http://portableapps.com/

Then used https://www.virustotal.com/en/ to scan the file for virus and found two viruses. See attachment or link below.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/506b62f6fef055db4524cb4ab3d6a8a602c2dc82eff307f91c1c50f6c29853fc/analysis/1453572201/

Can Mozilla send me a clean file?

Downloaded Firefox Portable from http://portableapps.com/ Then used https://www.virustotal.com/en/ to scan the file for virus and found two viruses. See attachment or link below. https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/506b62f6fef055db4524cb4ab3d6a8a602c2dc82eff307f91c1c50f6c29853fc/analysis/1453572201/ Can Mozilla send me a clean file?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Sorry, Mozilla doesn't build Firefox Portable. It is made by PortableApps.

http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

ideato
ideato

the-edmeister said

Sorry, Mozilla doesn't build Firefox Portable. It is made by PortableApps. http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

+1 Probably false alarm

http://portableapps.com/node/53479

http://www.virus-removal-help.com/how-to-report-false-positives-to-antivirus-vendors/

all antivirus failed...sometimes :-)

http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/avc_fps_201509_en.pdf

thanks