History of Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware Category: Troubleshooting Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Sep 24, 2022, 9:06:41 AM Current M AliceWyman a few edits to last revision Sep 24, 2022, 4:33:26 AM Approved M user9483954 Minor cleanup, separate scanners by installation requirement, add F-Secure Online Scanner, add Win11 Safe Mode Nov 21, 2021, 9:04:02 PM Approved M AliceWyman SuperAntispyware Free Edition link Jul 29, 2021, 7:01:28 AM Approved Rowan Minor grammar corrections, plus word changes: swapped 'although' to 'even though' for better understanding; added 'the' before "people who designed..." to denote specificity. Jul 13, 2021, 4:51:37 AM Approved M Fabi Bullet added for new Fx90 feature Oct 14, 2020, 12:40:33 AM Approved M AliceWyman Updated link: Protect your Mac from malware Feb 4, 2020, 10:55:56 PM Approved M AliceWyman MSE {for win7} (see discussion) Feb 7, 2019, 12:25:07 AM Approved M AliceWyman Mac security: updated Apple Support links Feb 7, 2019, 12:12:54 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman added Microsoft security links, other edits Jul 26, 2018, 8:20:20 AM Approved M AliceWyman edit to Tyler's pending revision to change link to https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ Jul 26, 2018, 2:33:56 AM Unreviewed user633449 Macs are not more secure, and Malwarebytes has a very good mac version Jul 26, 2018, 2:27:11 AM Unreviewed user633449 Fixed Weird Grammar Jul 19, 2018, 8:32:25 AM Approved M Andrew added line on checking and remove unwanted add-ons. Jul 1, 2018, 3:51:56 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed outdated Apple discussion thread; replaced Spyware Warrior Forums with Malwarebytes Oct 31, 2017, 7:15:41 PM Approved M Tonnes alternate Safe Mode for W7 link, change W8 link to avoid redirect failing for other locales Oct 31, 2017, 7:37:16 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated Microsoft Safety Scanner link; added alternate TDSSKiller link Oct 19, 2017, 8:01:00 AM Reviewed M FredMcD Additional information when using mal-scanners Aug 29, 2017, 12:21:41 AM Approved M AliceWyman MalwareBytes took over ADWcleaner: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ Jul 23, 2017, 2:58:13 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed reference to Plugin Check page. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532 Jan 21, 2017, 5:17:51 AM Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision: OS X Mavericks link Jan 21, 2017, 5:01:32 AM Approved M AliceWyman Mac security and malware protection: added Yosemite and Sierra links Mar 20, 2016, 4:53:20 AM Approved M AliceWyman edits to pending revision by John99 (see discussion) Mar 20, 2016, 3:13:20 AM Unreviewed John99 initial update of Mac info w new section. Comment on MS free AV. See discussion Nov 20, 2015, 5:11:43 AM Approved M pollti added new link for win10 (Safe Mode) Jan 30, 2015, 11:22:27 PM Approved M ideato Link for windows 8 in "Note" to enter Windows Safe Mode Oct 18, 2014, 10:11:36 PM Approved Oxylatium Link to Adwcleaner updated (without redirection) Aug 25, 2014, 1:28:17 AM Approved user669794 removed share article Jul 9, 2014, 8:26:33 PM Approved AliceWyman updated TDSSKiller link Jan 23, 2014, 9:12:48 PM Approved AliceWyman minor edit to move note under list of malware removers Jan 5, 2014, 8:22:35 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Run anti-virus and anti-spyware real-time protection" advice for win only. Dec 10, 2013, 9:23:12 PM Approved M AliceWyman added alternate AdwCleaner download page with more info Sep 8, 2013, 6:19:10 AM Approved M AliceWyman Separate paragraphs for win, mac, linux on removing malware Jan 29, 2013, 12:39:53 PM Approved adampeebleswrites changed "can not" to "can't" for grammar and style guide reasons Jan 14, 2013, 12:56:54 AM Approved M AliceWyman changed MalwareBytes' link to free version, reordered list Jan 12, 2013, 9:44:31 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman Added Microsoft Safety Scanner - https://support.mozilla.org/forums/contributors/708895#post-50141 Oct 27, 2012, 9:01:41 AM Approved M John99 typo moved {for} Oct 24, 2012, 8:19:11 PM Unreviewed scoobidiver fixed links, changed links for unwanted toolbars, added AdwCleaner that fully removes Babylon in Windows Safe Mode Jun 29, 2012, 3:05:43 AM Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary Jun 22, 2012, 4:10:57 PM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template Oct 18, 2011, 5:55:49 PM Approved M scoobidiver added abuse email for trademark misuse in emails Oct 8, 2011, 11:14:22 PM Approved M scoobidiver added TDSSKiller, reworded specialized forum intro Oct 7, 2011, 11:51:05 AM Reviewed Hasan Added scanning Programs Microsoft Security Essentials, Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware Free Internet Security and kaspersky's Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller Sep 10, 2011, 5:58:55 PM Approved M scoobidiver reworded warning based on John99's PM Sep 10, 2011, 7:14:00 AM Unreviewed scoobidiver superantispyware replaced by its portable version because it's hard to uninstall, add a warning about false positives Aug 21, 2011, 1:45:34 AM Approved M scoobidiver changed keywords Jun 28, 2011, 7:23:36 PM Approved scoobidiver removed link in the summary Jun 12, 2011, 6:09:58 PM Approved M scoobidiver info replaced by information, rewritten software update and install sections Jun 7, 2011, 8:23:41 PM Unreviewed scoobidiver fixed typos, added symptoms Jun 3, 2011, 10:44:11 PM Unreviewed scoobidiver Complete rewriting Jan 28, 2010, 1:41:55 PM Unreviewed Chris Ilias added formatting to "extensions installed which you aren't aware of" section Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. 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