is it possible to have malware or spyware in firefox?

i seem to have something in the browser only,i scan my pc with spyware doctor,malwarbytes,superantispyware, and nothing comes up,but i still ge tthis thing where out of the blue i get a pop up in firefox,
what can i do?
Answer #1
What is the pop up?
Answer #2
once it was “registrydefender” add-on for firefox,and the other times i didnt catch it…
Answer #3
download noscript and adblockplus addons for Firefox. unfortunately WBB has viral advertising and sometimes redirects you to malware sites, and they execute scripts and what not.
don’t allow scripts on WBB.
Answer #4
i forgot to mention its not a popup,its a redirect,i just did a search in google,and when i got the results the first 3 choices got redirects,and it was wikipedia! i never had this before.
Answer #5
Get Noscript and adblock plus.
Answer #6
i tried that it didt help,and then norton tells me to restart to get rid of “backdoor.tideserv!inf”and then when i restart i got a blue screen error,so i used a boot disk and did system restore to yesterday and i got back into windows,now i dont know what to do,i scanned with malwarebytes anti malware,superantispyware,spywar doctor,and they didnt find anything on the pc,only in the browser and it removed it…
Answer #7
Have a look here http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/14/fix-uninitiated-google-redirects-with-gooredfix-firefox/ And here http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/15/another-fix-for-unauthorized-google-redirects-security/
Answer #8
scan again in safe mode. if nothing still turns up download hijack, run a scan, and post the log here to be evaluated.
Answer #9
Have a look here http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/14/fix-uninitiated-google-redirects-with-gooredfix-firefox/ And here http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/15/another-fix-for-unauthorized-google-redirects-security/ok so i did what they both say,i used the gooredfix,and also tsskiller,and the tsskiller didnt find anything.
Answer #10
OMG!! now i got a blue screen error and i cant even get into safe mode,it happens when i boot in safe mode too!
its blue screen error 0x0000007b
please help!!!
Answer #11
that’s a boot sector virus!
pretty sure you have to reformat to get rid of a boot sector virus, since well.. it starts on boot.
Answer #12
oh ,but can i save information?
and can hirens boot cd get rid of such a virus?
Answer #13
one way to save your data is by removing the hard disk drive and treating it as a secondary drive in some other computer, so that you will be able to browse your files and copy them.
however this implies the risks of placing an infected hard drive into another computer…
Answer #14
use NoScript addon for firefox , works great here , and if u can boot the pc run a progam call’d Combo FIX , maybe it’ll help