An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves the browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week.
An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves the browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week.
This is the sneaky, under-handed, back-door burglary conducted through a Microsoft Windows Update and referred to in the article shown as a link above;
Thankfully this vulnerability was picked up by Mozilla Firefox, and disabled by them through an automatic notification. It cannot be disabled or removed through the normal Firefox methods, and must be extracted through the Registry system, shown as a link below.
This despicable action by Microsoft, has severely dented my faith and trust in what they now present as 'Updates', and any future Windows updates mentioning Firefox will be thoroughly researched before any installation is considered.
Instructions for the removal of this nasty piece of Microsoft 'business', are here;
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