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MALWARE, TROJANS, VIRUSES IN THE .CACHE FOLDER OF FIREFOX FOR LINUX

maurice639
maurice639
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I KEEP GETTING MALWARE, TROJANS, VIRUSES IN THE .CACHE FOLDER OF FIREFOX FOR LINUX

IS THERE SOFTWARE OR ADD ON THAT WILL STOP THIS OR AN ANTIVIRUS ?

I USE LINUX MINT 20.3 CINNAMON 64 BIT

NO MATER WHAT WEBSITE I USE I GET THEM, AND COMODO FOR LINUX WILL NOT INSTALL CORECTLY.

I KEEP GETTING MALWARE, TROJANS, VIRUSES IN THE .CACHE FOLDER OF FIREFOX FOR LINUX IS THERE SOFTWARE OR ADD ON THAT WILL STOP THIS OR AN ANTIVIRUS ? I USE LINUX MINT 20.3 CINNAMON 64 BIT NO MATER WHAT WEBSITE I USE I GET THEM, AND COMODO FOR LINUX WILL NOT INSTALL CORECTLY.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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The cache folder stores various pieces of the web pages you visit, including HTML code (which often has embedded JavaScript code) and external script files. If your security software detects patterns in those scripts as potentially malicious, then you could expect to hear from it.

But if it's happening frequently, that is strange.

Which program reports that there are viruses, trojans, and malware in the cache folder?