Re: .net 3.5 also puts in Firefox plugin - with no uninstall
- From: Bill Sharpe <wfsnopam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:02:36 -0800
K. Becker wrote:
Great. A Microsoft update: That's fine. A plugin installed to support .net under Firefox - not so good. No uninstall possible without hacking the registry. Changes the user agent string. Allows for semi-automated installation of some web's random program onto the computer.Yes, stupid!
I run no-script to keep out Javascript unless I say so.
This is a security hole put in by default. With no uninstall, on a non-Microsoft web browser. In fact, a competitor's web browser, at that.
Yeah, I figured out how to hack the registry to disable it. But, Microsoft, what were you thinking?
If you had asked maybe I would have installed it. Doing it like this - no way.
Stupid.
There's an options button on this Firefox add-in. Clicking it hangs Firefox, which I then closed with Task Manager. No uninstall option, but I did disable this plugin. Why in the world did MS think this was needed?
Bill
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