Waterfox recording screen automatically?

ATiRubyfan

ATiRubyfan

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I use the Waterfox browser and have noticed recently that my screen starts getting recorded automatically. The recording is then saved on my Desktop.

This is the icon that appears :

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Anyone know wth is this?
 
Waterfox was sold to a company called System1 last year with no information on what sort of company they are, so I would be very careful using it.

However searching around I can't see anyone else having the same issue as you, what add-ons do you have?

EDIT: Looks like more info came out since I last checked, System1 is a pay-per-click ad company with a majority stake on Startpage.
 
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Orcvader said:
Waterfox was sold to a company called System1 last year with no information on what sort of company they are, so I would be very careful using it.

However searching around I can't see anyone else having the same issue as you, what add-ons do you have?

EDIT: Looks like more info came out since I last checked, System1 is a pay-per-click ad company with a majority stake on Startpage.
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Wow.
If only Firefox hadn't changed design, I would have been still with them.

I have these add-ons :
OpenH264 video codec
Widevine content decryption module
Microsoft office
Shockwave flash
VLC web plugin
Silverlight
FB Purity
Greasemonkey
Revert site
Twitter disconnect
uBlock origin
 
ATiRubyfan said:
Wow.
If only Firefox hadn't changed design, I would have been still with them.

I have these add-ons :
OpenH264 video codec
Widevine content decryption module
Microsoft office
Shockwave flash
VLC web plugin
Silverlight
FB Purity
Greasemonkey
Revert site
Twitter disconnect
uBlock origin
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Can you run waterfox in safe mode (which disables all the add-ons) and see if the recording still happens?
 
Do you have MSI afterburner installed and running in the background as looking at that screen capture makes me think that has gone a bit haywire and is starting recording of waterfox automatically when started (although I'm not 100% sure as the default location for saved video captures isn't the desktop)

If that isn't the case and the suggestion above doesn't fix it then a deeper dig might be required as something malicious might have slipped in unnoticed.
 
Orcvader said:
Can you run waterfox in safe mode (which disables all the add-ons) and see if the recording still happens?
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Doing it now and monitoring.

demonix said:
Do you have MSI afterburner installed and running in the background as looking at that screen capture makes me think that has gone a bit haywire and is starting recording of waterfox automatically when started (although I'm not 100% sure as the default location for saved video captures isn't the desktop)

If that isn't the case and the suggestion above doesn't fix it then a deeper dig might be required as something malicious might have slipped in unnoticed.
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I do have Afterburner set to record videos and save to Desktop when I press F9. I don't press F9 for anything though. I will keep a close eye on this button today lol.
 
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