Re: KB963707 question

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Actually, this is a little different. This is something like you own a Ford
and the service department for Chevrolet came in to your car in the middle of
the night and snuck in a defective Chevrolet fuel pump into your Ford - and
welded it in and then rigged it so that if you use force to uninstall the
pump your car may burn up. So when Chevrolet offers to remove the part for
you, you definitely want to let them do it.

You should install this update whether or not you currently use FireFox.
Otherwise, if you ever do use FireFox (and you should be using it instead of
IE anything) then you will still have the dangerous add-on that Microsoft
snuck onto your PC and is now lying in wait for when you do install FireFox.
The only way to remove it safely is to use this patch so the uninstall button
becomes available.

Definitely install this patch. And definitely uninstall any Microsoft
add-ons to FireFox. Afterall, that's why we use FireFox - because it's not
Microsoft. Now Microsoft has hijacked it to inject security flaws from IE
into FireFox.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

DJ_Bach wrote:
Since I don't use Firefox, is there any reason why I should install
this update?

How to remove the .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707

No.

Also, if you get something in the mail for a car you do not own/have (like a
parts recall) - don't take the car you do own/have in for the repair. ;-)

However - since all Windows OSes past a certain point are multi-user (no
matter if you use them that way or not) - I feel compelled to ask, "Do you
have users that *do* use Firefox on your computer? Is it even installed?"

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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