Got a Security Threat Analysis claiming to be from Firefox showing multiple viruses on my computer. Is this legitimate?

Got a Security Threat Analysis claiming to be from Firefox showing multiple viruses on my computer. Is this legitimate? It wanted me to download and open a fix it binary file.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== today

'''In some cases''', the fake anti-virus will install malware if you click on a "Close" button or the "X" on the fake alert window. Generally, close in Task Manager's Processes tab, '''''IF''''' you can recognize the correct process to terminate.
Yes, do a complete, thorough malware scan.

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Received security threat analysis- Mozilla Firefox which detected 5 viruses on harddrive & recommendation was "click to start protection". Is this trustworthy & should I click?

Five viruses detected on security threat analysis. Is the message trustworthy and should I click "start protection"?
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== Today ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)

No.
You should never respond to such unsolicited pop-up messages.
Doing that is a sure way to get infected with malware.
Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs.
You need to use all programs because each detects different malware.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

Have A "Security Threat Analysis" Problem

While browsing with Firefox today, I received a pop up box warning me of a "Security Threat Analysis" and inviting me to click "OK" to start the analysis. The Firefox browser window showed "www1.avforall119.co.cc" I tried to shut the box using the red "X" and the Firefox window minimised. Thereafter, I could not get Firefox to open except in the minimised "Security Analysis" window.
I have scanned with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes, but nothing found. Meanwhile, I have been able to get an operational Firefox back by uninstalling it and reinstalling it. However, I am concerned that there is still a hidden nasty on my PC. Grateful for advice as to what to do next.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== Browsing

You probably picked something up when you clicked on the red X in that window - in the future you should open the Windows Task Manager > Processes tab and kill the process that exploit opened.
First thing to do is to update your AntiVirus program definitions, and then run a full, deep scan of your PC.
Second, I don't know how good Windows Defender is, but Malwarebytes seems to pickup like 90% - only, you should do a scan using other programs, too.
SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/]
Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html]
These forums specialize in Malware detection and removal.
[http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php]
[http://forum.aumha.org/]
[http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/]
[http://bleepingcomputer.com]

Annoying pop up ads now claim to be from Firefox and full system scan didn't help me.

Pop ups have been appearing in lower left and lower right corners of my screen for many months. I installed Adblock Plus a few weeks ago and they seemed to go away. Now, they have come back. The last ad I clicked on opened a new tab, blank and the spinner was going for a few seconds, I sensed trouble and closed the tab.
While researching on the Mozilla site - I got another lower right ad (purporting to be from Firefox). Hovered the mouse over it and it appeared to show a Mozilla URL in the lower left status bar, but I wasn't about to click on it. The ad looks phoney. I have a screen capture and would love to send it to you. I've got tonight's screen capture (with mouse hover) saved as a JPG and PNG files. Tell me how to upload and I will.
Related or not related to the pop up issue (I'm note sure) is this: Again while researching on the Mozilla site tonight - I did a Control-Clicked on a link to read one of your malware topics and instead the new tab opened to a site called local.com. For a long time (a year) I have had the problem of being taken off to some unwanted web sites when using Control-Clicks. Angy.
In all these months, Windows Security Essentials is always on. I've run several full scans. Never find things. Do my best to keep all software and virus info up to date. Damn pop ups just keep happening. I can't tell you if these things happen with Windows Explorer cuz I don't use it much.
Would like to scream - if I knew it would help. Tell me what to do next. Thanks.

Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are listed in order of efficacy. '''''(Not all programs detect the same Malware, so you may need to run them all to solve your problem.)''''' These programs are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. 
''Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.''
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - [http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php] 
SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/] 
AdAware - [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/] 
Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html] 
Windows Defender: Home Page - [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-defender] 
Also, if you have a search engine re-direct problem, see this: 
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help: 
[http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php] 
[http://forum.aumha.org/] 
[http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/] 
[http://bleepingcomputer.com]

Click & Clean appeared claiming to be from firefox, Can you confirm it is from you and safe It looked a bit dodgy!

CLICK & CLEAN appeared as a download a friend with much knowledge of computers thought it looked a bit dodgy, It was claiming to be from Firefox he thought I should find out what I can before doing anything,it is very persistent and is on my browser every time I open. HELP!!

Hi Glipmom, Firefox will update the themes and extensions you have installed, but as far as I know, it never installs new ones for you. Those would need to be installed at your request.
If the problem is a new feature inside Firefox -- such as a toolbar -- you should review your add-ons on the following tab and disable ALL nonessential or unrecognized plugins and extensions. By nonessential I mean you do not intentionally use it for daily browsing. Basically, you need Shockwave Flash, but you can browse without most other stuff.
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Plugins category 
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
Then restart Firefox and test again. Can you get rid of it?
If not, please describe the symptoms you have in more detail. For example, unwanted toolbars, unwanted startup tabs, changed home page, changed search provider, unexpected ads, etc. Please be as specific as possible.

I have a sync account and used to keep sync with firefox server. Now computer got re-installed and want to sync data from firefox sync server. But I am unable to setup as i dont have sync key.

I have a sync account and used to keep sync with Firefox server. Now computer got re-installed(OS) and want to sync data from Firefox sync server. But I am unable to setup as i don't have sync key.
I would like to just sync with Firefox Sync Server with existing account. I can not find any way out for this. please reply me on
[email protected]

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Firefox shows Errror Code "ssl_error_bad_mac_read" when trying to access Secure Sites

When I try to access secures sites (URLs with https) Firefox shows me the error code "ssl_error_bad_mac_read".
This problem '''only''' appears '''in Firefox not in Internet Explorer''' and it '''also''' appears when I use Firefox in '''Secure Mode'''.
The problem appeared this morning for the first time, until yesterday everything worked fine and I didn't install or update any new PlugIns, Addons, Firewalls or something like that.
I tried to make the SSL-Test from Boston University you propose on your help page and couldn't access that page either.
I use Firefox with the version 5.0 and would be glad to receive any hint to solve the problem.

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-> Protocols section -> Put Checkmarks on both options
-> Certificates section-> select Radio Button Option 2 -> Click OK.

Looking for impact analysis document on HRMS from 11i to 12i

Hi all,
Does any one have an impact analysis document on HRMS from 11i to 12i. Where can I get this document.
Can you anyone please let me know.
Thanks
Hari

Hi,
Please refer to the following documents/links.
Note: 561580.1 - E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1: Release Content Documents
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=561580.1
Note: 404152.1 - E-Business Suite Release 12: Release Content Documents
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=404152.1
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html
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Firefox will not let me get on any websites (safe AND not safe), claiming that it "may pose a security threat to your system"; when I try to choose the "proceed unprotected" option, it won't let me.

My computer's anti-virus software recently expired. A few days later, I went to download a new anti-virus software . . . when I opened up Firefox, I received a warning that claimed Firefox was infected with "Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen", and gave me two options: "Activate XP Security 2011 (recommended)" (this was a $60 charge and required credit card info) or "Continue unprotected (Dangerous)"
Since I needed to install new anti-virus, I figured I would continue unprotected, download my new software quickly, and remove the virus. But when Firefox opened, it gave me a message saying: "Firefox alert. Visiting this site may pose a security threat to your system!". Gave me three options:
1. "Get a copy of 'XP Security 2011' to safeguard your PC while surfing the web (RECOMMENDED)"
2. "Run a spyware, virus and malware scan" (I already did this)
3. "Continue surfing without any security measures (DANGEROUS)"
I tried clicking on different links, but the same warning kept showing up, even on verified and safe sites. I tried to choose the third option so that I could download my anti-virus software quickly, but nothing happened when I clicked on it - the page reloads and the warning shows up again.
My computer is still without anti-virus software because Firefox will not let me surf the internet. Please help!

It sounds as though your PC is infected with fake antivirus software. The detailed cleanup instructions vary depending on which fake AV you have. However, as a first step, try this:
Download the following on a different PC, copy them to a USB flash drive or CD, and then run them on the infected PC:
Malwarebytes Anti-malware : http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SUPERAntiSpyware : http://www.superantispyware.com/
Hopefully these will get you back online safely. If not, search for clean-up instructions for the specific malware.

The whtopic.js file was identified as a security threat

Hello,
We generate WebHelp using RoboHelp HTML. The security teams contantly runs security checks on the applications and the whtopic.js file that RoboHelp generates was identified as a security threat becuase of "DOM ocde injection". The comment was that the document.location.href is controllable and, at a minimum, ought to be run through some html encoding.
Any one else ever run into security analysis of the RoboHelp generated files?
Anything we can do about it?
Thanks,
Rakefet

These security things sometimes come up in tools. As the code here doesn’t have anything to do with cross frame scripting, so I very much doubt this is an XSS vulnerability. I have asked the people who know about this to look it over.
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Willam

Is there any security threat?

Hi Group,
I have my IIS webserver outside the fire wall and my coldfusion application server and SQL Server is behind the firewall . Can IIS Still access the cold fusion application server and SQL Server for coldfusion pages, is it for this situation do i need to open the port no 1433 in the firewall for SQL Server, if so is there any security threat?
Thank You for your Time

You can run CF in a distributed mode if it is running on JRUN. So the IIS server would only need access over JRUN ports (which are uncommon) to the CF server.
This is a little harder to setup, but is covered in the livedocs.
Alternately, if the person who does your firewall knows how to, you can place everything behind the firewall and segment the firewall into zones, so only your application has access to the database.
Then your only concern would be what code is being placed on the server and by whom, internally.
Of course, if your internal network is not secure and accessible, this is a "way in".
Best practice is to allow no access, and grant only what is necessary. This applies to all networks and routes that would have access to the entity being protected.
There is also something to be said for security by obscurity. Meaning if you have to make 6 jumps to upload code to your server, and only a handful or people know this process, that makes it all the harder to be compromised.
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Has anyone seen the following on their WP? Message from webpage WARNING: Time Warner Cable Customer – Your Internet Explorer browser and computer may be compromised by security threats. Call 844-600-6224 now for IMMEDIATE assistance. OK

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This sounds like a virus or malware program that has made its way onto your computer. I would ensure you have the latest virus definitions on your computer and run a thorough (complete) scan of your system. If this doesn't work, I would suggest you use Microsoft's Malware Removal Tool. You can download it at the link below. Hope this helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx

Is my OS X Mountain Lion installation vulnerable to security threats?

Hello dear community members,
I am a bit concerned about my OS X installation being vulnerable to known security threats which may not have been patched. Also came across an article:
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What are your thoughts on this and how are you handling this issue?
I can not upgrade my mac to Mavericks because I need to use some software which is only compatible with Mountain Lion.

Aceattack wrote:
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But Mavericks is a free upgrade. And any Mac that runs Mountain Lion will also run Mavericks.
It is standard procedure to discontinue support for old products. I will quote the AppGate on the topic:
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I know most, if not all of us are using Huawei VDSL2 modems with BT Infinity. I was just wondering how much BT is relying on Huawei as a vendor to provide hardware for their network. According to the article below, US ISPs and businesses are being dissuaded from using Huawei and ZTE products because of the potential security threat posed by control that the Chinese government could exert over Huawei and ZTE. Australia has also blocked Huawei out of their next generation fibre rollout.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-08/usa-declares-chinese-companies-a-security-threat/4302304
The US Congressional Intelligence Committee has labelled China's top two telecommunications manufacturers a security threat and says Huawei Technologies and the ZTE Corporation should be shut out of the American market because they are open to Chinese state influence.
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Ultimately as a residential customer I would put the tin foil hats away it would be impossible for the chinese to slurp all your data to China as I think BT would notice all that extra traffic on there links! For anything really sensitive just ensure you are using a HTTPS connection to the website in question or for business use consider setting up some sort of VPN. I'd be far more worried about someone sniffing out passwords on badly written websites on unencrypted wifi links. Historically there used to be a number of websites for all sorts of things including banks that sent the initial login information in clear text before switching to an SSL/TLS encrypted session, that sort of newbie error has been fixed for the most part though.

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I strongly disagree with using ClamxAV or any antivirus software on a Mac. There just are no wild viruses out there, so why waste system resources for a nonexistent problem. Malware is so rare, and is dependent upon user incompetence. For example, Flashback makes you think that it's a Flash installer, but why would anyone install Flash that wasn't downloaded from Adobe directly? I certainly wouldn't.
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