296638 - mozilla sends mass emails with virus attachements to random addresses

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[bryan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)
Build Identifier: 1.0.4

I have been recieving alot of returned emails with virus attachements thru 
using outlook express 6.00.2800.1123. I recieve these email only when I use the 
firefox browser. the returned emails stop when I use another browser and do not 
start firefox at all. I believe firefox has been turned into a zombie mass 
mailing program. I have not tried anything but running AVG free anitviruse 
version 7.0.323 which has not worked. I have a Zone alarm free 5.5.094 firewall 
and when I take out the premissions for firfox browser to communicate out of my 
computer, the emails stop.
I love firefox and hate using the internet explorer.  Please help with 
suggestions.
thank you
bryan


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start using firefox
2.it starts works very slow, not like before, pages take for ever to load.
3.

Actual Results:  
after I have used the firfox browser,even if its for a minute, I check my mail 
using outlook express and there is at least three or four returned emails, with 
attachments, from poeple I do not know.

Expected Results:  
Run at its previous normal speed, without me getting returned emails from 
unkown addresses.

I am not a computer expert, but I know all returned virus email only happen 
when I use firefox. I have stoped using firefox and went back to internet 
explorer, and the emails have stoped so far.

Comment 1

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

Firefox is a Internet Browser, not an Emailprogramm like Mozilla MailNews or
Thunderbird, so Firefox cannot send Emails by design.

Comment 2

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

Bryan, could you please use bugzilla for comments and not my personal email,
thanks.Response i got from the reporter to my personal Email:


"Thank you for your prompt useless observation. O.K. firefox is not an email
program, Is it possible it is being controlled somehow to use other programs to
send out emails??????  How do you explain the fact that when I stop using
mozilla firefox the emails stop??????
Should I just uninstall and delete the whole browser and loose all of my
bookmarks, and download a fresh firefox??? 
best regards,
Bryan

Comment 3

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

close firefox

go to your profile ( see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile )
and rename \Firefox\ to \Firefox_old\

open Firefox
this will effectively create a new profile (don't worry)
close Firefox

go to the \Firefox_old\ profile directory and copy the files mentioned here
to the new profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

start Firefox
your extensions/themes will be gone, but the rest will be the same

are you "still sending mails" after you have done this?

ps, do NOT delete the old profile, it may contain some evidence of what is going on

Comment 4

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Please post one such returned mail here.

Comment 5

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Reporter: Can you answer Comment 3 and 4?

Comment 6

[alexanderz]

This is not even a firefox bug, its most likely some malicious extension he
installed. Bugzilla is not a support forum, for that there is IRC and the
MozillaZine forums. The reporter doesn't even respond to any of the
questions/suggestions.

Comment 7

[bryan]

Since nothing has worked to fix this problem. I have completly erase firfox from
my computer. problem is solved,no more emails!!!!!!!!!

Comment 8

[José Jeria]

(In reply to comment #7)
> Since nothing has worked to fix this problem. I have completly erase firfox from
> my computer. problem is solved,no more emails!!!!!!!!!

You never answered the questions in comment 3 and comment 4, therefore it's not
possible to find out what the problem is.