Closed Bug 282967 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

MS Anti-Spyware beta identifies Firefox as a threat

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: irongut, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

Received the below message on donations@mozilla.org claiming MS Anti-Spyware
beta identifies Firefox as a threat and wants to remove it. I don't have that
app so I can't confirm this myself.


> --------- Original message ----------
> From : "George Fietz" <gfiz@rraz.net>
> To : <donations@mozilla.org>
> Cc : 
> Sent : Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:40:14 -0700
> Subject : (no subject)
> 
> To Bugzilla:
> 
> 
> 
> I've got one for you, I'm running Microsoft beta Anti spy ware program, and
> it grabs fire fox's browser and calls it a Hijack Browser, it wants to
> permanently remove this program, I like the program, it does cost anything
> to test it, do you have something I can replace it with, suggestions maybe
> Mozilla has its own anti spyware program.
> GEORGE FIETZ
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Donations mailing list
> Donations@mail.mozilla.org
> http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/donations
>
the latest windows antispyware beta (version 1.0.509, definition version 5691)
does not detect firefox 1.0 as spyware.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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