June 2, 2009

Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension

Looks like the "Evil Empire" has struck again. The net is churning with this one. Looks like one of the recent MS updates installed a Firefox extension called Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant. Seems innocuous, but they disabled the Uninstall button and the only way to remove it is by modifying the registry...not something you want folks doing...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html

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