Comments on: Did Microsoft Install A Firefox Extension On Your System?

By: C. Huffmon

C. Huffmon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:34:18 +0000

I noticed this last friday and just now had time to check for information as to what was going on, yes it’s on my computer after autoupdates with out knowing it was being put on the computer.

By: Ryan Farmer

Ryan Farmer — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:00:07 +0000

@Ronin: I don’t think Mozilla has said anything, and while I can’t speak for them, I’d probably have my lawyers getting ready to sue Microsoft seeking to force them to remove this and pay damages.

By: Ronin Vladiamhe

Ronin Vladiamhe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:40:35 +0000

What does Mozilla say about this?

By: Ryan Farmer

Ryan Farmer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:16:15 +0000

Yes, I had that extension and the Windows Presentation Foundation plug in as well right after the .Net 3.5 SP1 installer got done, I yanked them out by deleting them and fixing Microsoft’s sabotage of the Firefox useragent.

Reall Microsoft has sank to a new low, using spyware installation methods to trojan in their crapware.

I was fairly angry to find out that they were installing software without my consent and opening up my browser to new security problems that until now have been Internet Explorer-specific.

By: ShadowMyth

ShadowMyth — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:21:50 +0000

Yes, it is installed on my Vista….

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:42:48 +0000

Actually I didn’t even want a link. The software on WP must of did it on its own. I did create a link as suggested.

By: etim

etim — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:44:35 +0000

I think you wanted to link to http://www.annoyances.org/

Please check your links before posting.

By: Michael Henley

Michael Henley — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:40:44 +0000

I have it installed on my Firefox. You can disable it, seemingly, but the uninstall is disabled. Things like this is why people really get p*$$ed at MS. I have a huge investment in MS based software, but it is getting more and more likely that my next OS will be Linux, in spite of the pain of converting and replacing.

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By: diggi

diggi — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:55:11 +0000

Yeah, I have this extension too. I think that’s ok.

> they claim that this extension adds an unnecessary vulnerability to Windows users

They don’t know what this extension is and what is for. Of course, it may contains bugs, but it’s very usefull for .NET coder and users.