Mozilla Firefox creates Internet Explorer + adware files?

I use Firefox for some time now, but just can't quite understand why/how it is:

When im cleaning my files using CCleaner, I sometimes have an extreme amount of folders of IE, as 300-500 MB of a value (note I use Ccleaner several times a day which is what makes the strange high amount for me)
Despite not using IE and Firefox only, (I also automatically delete everything at the end)
This is why I rarely have many folders of junk of mozilla because it cleanly removes most

then lately I've been do these, adware/malware alerts during the scan of my system, I somehow got some adware, PUPPY attached to IE,
Yet once how, since I never use and only use FIrefox?

He actually did the research by removing IE completely but yay, go MS for which makes it impossible

Y at - it something wrong since I'm using Firefox, but get tons of junk/temp files generated IE? + IE being the target/accessory adware?
or is it just how firefox works after update #X?

If you have malware it might affect more than one browser, and I suppose that it can affect IE even if it is rarely used. It's probably not worth trying to uninstall IE. It was at a time almost impossible to uninstall and normally required for the MS. updates

200 or 300 MB is probably a reasonable amount for the cache files, ifthat's what found and cleared.

It is probably useless to try to clean Firefox using CCleaner, and you could inadvertently lose information by try this. Firefox will be by default try to store some files as a cache. That the intention is to accelerate the use of Firefox. The parameters can be twisted or private browsing can be used.

Warnings can be scams of the Web sites and may be related to some malicious programs on your computer. It would be a good idea to scan with multiple and up-to-date tools to see if anything is found.

Sometimes a problem with Firefox can be a result of malware installed on your computer, you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to search for malicious software that work with your existing anti-virus software:

You must use multiple and up-to-date tools as they will not all be the same things.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus FREE for Windows 7/Vista/XP, if you do not already have one.

More information can be found in the article troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malware .

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