Mozilla updates its Firefox 3.6 beta to block add-ons from adding code to Firefox’s components directory. The move is meant to reduce crashes and will keep vendors from silently installing Firefox add-ons without permission from the user, Mozilla says.
– Mozilla has added an extra wall in Firefox 3.6 to block
third-party add-ons from loading in the browser’s application components
directory.
The change prevents third-party applications from
adding code to Firefox’s components directory which houses
much of Firefox’s own code and will thereby k…
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Firefox 3.6 Beta Blocks Third-Party Add-ons from Components Directory
November 18th, 2009 |
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Mozilla Blocks Microsoft Firefox Add-ons for Security
October 18th, 2009 |
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Mozilla disables two Microsoft add-ons for Firefox to thwart a vulnerability that allows an attacker to take over Windows machines. The security flaw was fixed by Microsoft in the latest Patch Tuesday update.
– Mozilla is blocking the use of two Microsoft add-ons installed silently on Windows computers with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.
Mozilla is blocking the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant and Windows Presentation Foundation components in light of a vulnerability that attackers can use to impac…



