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Zeke Allen

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Running Mac OS X Lion, Safari locked up by update.downloadvault.net – so I can't get to Safari prefs to delete the extension. Avast says my firefox is compromised, but I can't use Safari to reinstall new Firefox. I've had to move to my user partition on my wife's computer to sign in here; Firefox on my computer won't show the captcha verification; other weird browser malfunctions. Help?
 
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Malware Test said:
Hello and welcome to MalwareTips :) Have you tried to fix it with CCleaner for Mac (has extension manager) and also scan with AdwareMedic ?

You can download trial of CCleaner for Mac here
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Thanks for suggestions. I used adwaremedic, didn't fix it. Ran the trial ccleaner (saved cookies), didn't fix it. I did not see any sign of an "extension manager" – maybe only in the paid version? Another weird development, now Firefox is reporting "invalid certificate" for every good website I go to, google news, weather.com, mozilla.org, whatever. Whew!
 
C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved Images_uninstall.png
Go under startup and you'll see a tab called Safari/Firefox,choose addon that you wanna delete and click on delete button ;)
 
Malware Test said:
View attachment 65203 Go under startup and you'll see a tab called Safari/Firefox,choose addon that you wanna delete and click on delete button ;)
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Nope. The attachment scrseenshot shows CCleaner Pro, and set for Uninstall, not Startup. In the free version, anyway, there is no tab under Startup for Safari/Firefox. Maybe I should shell out for CCleaner Pro. BTW, yes, my system date is right; and Firefox has now stopped telling me website certificates are invalid. Still strange.
 
Zeke Allen said:
Nope. The attachment scrseenshot shows CCleaner Pro, and set for Uninstall, not Startup. In the free version, anyway, there is no tab under Startup for Safari/Firefox. Maybe I should shell out for CCleaner Pro. BTW, yes, my system date is right; and Firefox has now stopped telling me website certificates are invalid. Still strange.
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Why don't you post your security configuration here http://malwaretips.com/forums/security-configuration-wizard.12/ and this can be discussed further since members will have your config to reference. This is just a basic introduction thread.
 
Hello and welcome to MalwareTips. I hope you enjoy your time here in our forums. :)


This a good place to be. ;)
 
Try unchecking "Scan HTTPS" under WebShield of Avast for Firefox prob.
HTTPS Scan of Avast has given the Firefox/browsers prob you have mentioned & other probs to many users.
Unchecking HTTPS Scan solves the issues.
 
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Hello and welcome to the community! :)

Anyway seems you are probably infected of an adware based which highly follow the steps as provided by MalwareTips <--- (click the link)
 
yesnoo said:
Try unchecking "Scan HTTPS" under WebShield of Avast for Firefox prob.
HTTPS Scan of Avast has given the Firefox/browsers prob you have mentioned & other probs to many users.
Unchecking HTTPS Scan solves the issues
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Thanks for the tip. After the last Avast scan I deleted the Firefox user profile folder and ini file, then restarted Firefox, and the problem went away.
 
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