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2 minutes ago, Appleboy45 said:

So I use Firefox on my Windows computers, and Norton Anti-Virus (The latest version) is saying it's a virus. Is there a virus on my computer. Or is this just BS? Read the bottom of "Advance Details".Firefox Problem.PNG

Norton sucks, even some free antiviruses are better.

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Did you do full check? Or was this popup during browsing? Since some websites will run ActiveX, Flash etc. which could try to run malicious code too. In which case AV would see your browser being one to be infected where it actually is just addon/module.

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8 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Did you do full check? Or was this popup during browsing? Since some websites will run ActiveX, Flash etc. which could try to run malicious code too. In which case AV would see your browser being one to be infected where it actually is just addon/module.

It came up when I was browsing.

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6 minutes ago, Appleboy45 said:

It came up when I was browsing.

Have you run full check after that? Seems to be just some site trying run addon/component. I used to get those with Avast.

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13 hours ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

Norton sucks, even some free antiviruses are better.

How does it suck?

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4 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

How does it suck?

False virus detection, exploits, the fact you can get something better for free.

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10 minutes ago, Appleboy45 said:

Not yet. I think the only add-ons I have is Apple iCloud and Flash, I'll check anyway.

I mean more stuff like flash, shockwave, ActiveX, Java etc. Flash and Java have been known to leak. Like that warning you got shows. It might be nothing, just run full scan to verify.

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