1181180 - Twister antivirus claims Firefox installer is infected with Adware.iBryte

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Benson Wong [:mostlygeek]]

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I downloaded Firefox from getfirefox.com and when I try to install it my anti-virus says it is infected with iBryte. 

Does firefox bundle iBryte? Is this a false positive? Is there something on my computer hijacking my downloads? Why does it do this? 

During installation a window pops up saying "Access denied" to 7-zip.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Hi Lawrence, looks like Twister antivirus has a false positive. Who is the person that handles these reports?

Comment 2

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

I sent the following request to [e-mail] today:

I work for Mozilla as a Firefox release manager. We received a bug report stating that Twister falsely identifies the Firefox installer as infected with iBryte. We do run AV scans on all binaries before publishing and have verified that the installer referenced is not infected. We also have no current issues like this with other AV companies. Can you please investigate this assumed false positive? Our bug tracking system is open so you can see the issue and interact with both the submitter and our engineers directly in Bugzilla.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181180

Thank you,

Lawrence Mandel

Comment 3

[Virtual_ManPL [:Virtual] 🇵🇱 - (please needinfo? me - so I will see your comment/reply/question/etc.)]

False positive of your AV, it's not Mozilla problem.
Report it to AV devs.