Closed
Bug 296735
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
When I start Thunderbird my antivirus comes up showing that there is a trojan virus in several Windows dll. files as well as in another location
Categories
(Thunderbird :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: borisk, Assigned: mscott)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Build Identifier: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird
After installing Thunderbird I started it and immediately my antivirus went
crazy showing several Trojan virus in different files. After running the
antivirus and removing all the viruses I reintalled tghe Windows XP again.
After I started the Thunderbird email my antiviruses showed the same viruses
present again.
Is this something that my antivirus does? I am using the avast! Antivirus? May
be it recognizes some Thunderbird files as a virus?!
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Strart the computer
2.connect to Internet
3.Start Thunderbird
Actual Results:
The antivirus came up repeatedly showing a Trojan virus present in various
Windows directories.
Expected Results:
Worked without any such incidents.
I can only tink that it may be related to the new version of antivirus software
I am using now. It is Avast!, a free version.
I have just triesd to reproduce the result and it worked without fail. Here is
the link to the antivirus site: www.avast.com. Here is the location of the
Trojan Horse on my system:C:\Documents and Settings\BORIS KOLODNY\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\AVGZSFMR\pics[1].ru,
here is the name of the virus; Win32:LowZones-Z [Trj].
The second Trojan Horse is located in: C:\photos.exe, and the name
is:Win32:LowZones-Z [Trj].
I thought this may be helpful.
After I move the viruses in the chest the program works normal.
Comment 2•20 years ago
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Okay, you got a virus after you reinstalled Windows, but why do you think that
it's related to Thunderbird? This is not really a bug in the software, it's
probably just caused by user error; i.e. downloading an attachment that had a
virus in it, etc.
INVALID
Comment 3•20 years ago
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The directory you specify is an IE temporary files folder and therefore is not
related to Thunderbird. It is most likely something you picked up when browsing
using IE. Thunderbird cannot do anything to tackle viruses that you pick up
through web browsing or downloading emails etc.
->INVALID
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Summary: When I start Mozilla email my antivirus comes up showing that there is a trojan virus in several Windows dll. files as well as in another location → When I start Thunderbird my antivirus comes up showing that there is a trojan virus in several Windows dll. files as well as in another location
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