no there's nothing add on wise in firefox just a fresh default installation.

i agree, both av programs recognise something but just select a nearest
match message as programmed.

the website builder also download the whole content from the server and
scanned but found nothing either.

"G. R. Woodring" wrote:

> Do you have an extension installed in Firefox that would be blocking scripts
> such as Adblock. That could explain why the threat isn't discovered in Firefox.
>
> As AVG and McAfee each identify a different threat it is likely that they are
> using heuristics to detect "virus-like activity", not an actual virus definition
> string.
>
> I have saved the website to disk in both IE8 and Firefox 3. ClamAV did not find
> a virus in either download.
>
> --
> G. R. Woodring
>
> Date: 7/3/2009 2:46 PM, Author: alex01 Wrote:
> > i should have thought about trying that earlier - yes my business computer
> > has mcafee installed and it reports blocking a script then reporting it as a
> > trojan: generic downloader.o in the log.
> >
> > i'm no expert on web design but the web designer said that it can't a virus
> > because firefox would pick it up as well, which if true makes me think that
> > it could false reading in ie.
> >
> > another point is that both avg and mcafee have a link to find out more about
> > the object but neither come up with anything.
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > "G. R. Woodring" wrote:
> >
> >> If you are sure that the site is not serving a virus you will need to find out
> >> what element in the page is being flagged and submit it as a false positive to
> >> AVG. You could also update the anti-virus definitions to see if AVG has
> >> discovered the problem elsewhere and corrected it (it may take up to a few weeks
> >> if the problem is not seen by many users).
> >>
> >> If you are _NOT_ sure, submit the URL to AVG through their forum or support
> >> system and let _them_ take the risk.
> >>
> >> It is possible that you have different scanning settings in Firefox than in IE
> >> or that the site is serving different content based on browser sniffing.
> >>
> >> Do you know if users of other anti-virus software are receiving a warning?
> >>
> >> --
> >> G. R. Woodring
> >>
> >> Date: 7/3/2009 12:17 PM, Author: alex01 Wrote:
> >>> a friend has a website for his business. on visiting the home page of the
> >>> site a virus warning comes up in AVG: (HTML/Framer.BS). he has contacted the
> >>> website builder and hosting company but both say that its nothing to do with
> >>> them. this only happens in IE and not firefox which is why i'm asking
> >>> question here.
> >>>
> >>> any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as his business is being badly
> >>> affected.
> >>>
> >>> thanks in advance
>