History of Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current M AliceWyman a few edits to last revision
Approved M user9483954 Minor cleanup, separate scanners by installation requirement, add F-Secure Online Scanner, add Win11 Safe Mode
Approved M AliceWyman SuperAntispyware Free Edition link
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.
Approved M Fabi Bullet added for new Fx90 feature
Approved M AliceWyman Updated link: Protect your Mac from malware
Approved M AliceWyman MSE {for win7} (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman Mac security: updated Apple Support links
Unreviewed   AliceWyman added Microsoft security links, other edits
Approved M AliceWyman edit to Tyler's pending revision to change link to https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/
Unreviewed   user633449 Macs are not more secure, and Malwarebytes has a very good mac version
Unreviewed   user633449 Fixed Weird Grammar
Approved M Andrew added line on checking and remove unwanted add-ons.
Approved M AliceWyman removed outdated Apple discussion thread; replaced Spyware Warrior Forums with Malwarebytes
Approved M Tonnes alternate Safe Mode for W7 link, change W8 link to avoid redirect failing for other locales
Approved M AliceWyman updated Microsoft Safety Scanner link; added alternate TDSSKiller link
Reviewed M FredMcD Additional information when using mal-scanners
Approved M AliceWyman MalwareBytes took over ADWcleaner: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
Approved M AliceWyman removed reference to Plugin Check page. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532
Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision: OS X Mavericks link
Approved M AliceWyman Mac security and malware protection: added Yosemite and Sierra links
Approved M AliceWyman edits to pending revision by John99 (see discussion)
Unreviewed   John99 initial update of Mac info w new section. Comment on MS free AV. See discussion
Approved M pollti added new link for win10 (Safe Mode)
Approved M ideato Link for windows 8 in "Note" to enter Windows Safe Mode
Approved   Oxylatium Link to Adwcleaner updated (without redirection)
Approved   user669794 removed share article
Approved   AliceWyman updated TDSSKiller link
Approved   AliceWyman minor edit to move note under list of malware removers
Approved M AliceWyman "Run anti-virus and anti-spyware real-time protection" advice for win only.
Approved M AliceWyman added alternate AdwCleaner download page with more info
Approved M AliceWyman Separate paragraphs for win, mac, linux on removing malware
Approved   adampeebleswrites changed "can not" to "can't" for grammar and style guide reasons
Approved M AliceWyman changed MalwareBytes' link to free version, reordered list
Unreviewed   AliceWyman Added Microsoft Safety Scanner - https://support.mozilla.org/forums/contributors/708895#post-50141
Approved M John99 typo moved {for}
Unreviewed   scoobidiver fixed links, changed links for unwanted toolbars, added AdwCleaner that fully removes Babylon in Windows Safe Mode
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M scoobidiver added abuse email for trademark misuse in emails
Approved M scoobidiver added TDSSKiller, reworded specialized forum intro
Reviewed   Hasan Added scanning Programs Microsoft Security Essentials, Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware Free Internet Security and kaspersky's Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller
Approved M scoobidiver reworded warning based on John99's PM
Unreviewed   scoobidiver superantispyware replaced by its portable version because it's hard to uninstall, add a warning about false positives
Approved M scoobidiver changed keywords
Approved   scoobidiver removed link in the summary
Approved M scoobidiver info replaced by information, rewritten software update and install sections
Unreviewed   scoobidiver fixed typos, added symptoms
Unreviewed   scoobidiver Complete rewriting
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias added formatting to "extensions installed which you aren't aware of" section

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