Closed Bug 393012 Opened 17 years ago Closed 17 years ago

Virus caught mozilla and forces it to close.

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

2.0 Branch
x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
critical

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 385683

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(Reporter: jitendrakumawat, Unassigned)

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User-Agent:       Opera/9.20 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
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Whenever I start my Firefox. It about to open but simultaneouly a window open that says I dnt hate mozilla but use IE or else...  and then it close downs firefox browser. Also if I try to open orkut in any browser it close down that browser also.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Whenever I try to start firfox on my PC a message window appear and says
I dnt hate mozilla but use IE or else...  and firefox doesnt get open
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Actual Results:  
I couldn't open firefox.

Expected Results:  
I think virus has done its work. I scanned my PC with Avast, some viruse found I removed/deleted some of them, but few were left, and i was not able to do any action with them. The problem is still there.
Attached image The window message
THe attached jpg file shows what type of message i am getting
message window when I try to open orkut in any browser
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
See <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Use_IE_messages_upon_opening_Firefox> for an explanation and links to instructions on how to remove this. 

Did you use someone's USB key recently? If so, you should have that USB key cleaned for trojans etc.
Group: security
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Resolution: INVALID → DUPLICATE
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