298038 - Every time I use Firefox I get files that keep reproducing, I Reported this before, and you glaimed it on spyware. I have tried many types of antispyware with no success,

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 295818

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Jim Kardos]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

Extranious files are generated on my desktop each time I use any program
involving my Firefox browser

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Reported before, you blaimed Spyware

2.Tried several Anti-Spyware, but nothing got rid of problem until uninstalled
   Firefox, then they stoped
3.When I downloaded Firefox again, they started again

Actual Results:  
Your download web site must be infected! Would obtaining Firefox on CD eliminate
this?

Expected Results:  
To be able to use Firefox without those anoying files clogging up my desktop.

none

Comment 1

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

"Extranious files are generated on my desktop"
what files ?

"each time I use any program involving my Firefox browser"
what programmes ?

tip: set IE as your default browser and use Firefox.
this way , if it's a dumb virus, it will not do anything as long as you don't
use your default browser.

Comment 2

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Duplicate of Bug 295818. Reporter, you shouldn't open a new bug every time. You
should post this as a comment in your original bug (Bug 295818).

Comment 3

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

Kim, ask your question on the forum at http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php
They probably can help you better than we because this has nothing to do with
Firefox

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 295818 ***