Friday, June 5, 2009

Windows Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension

image A routine update for millions of Windows based PC’s has quietly installed a .Net Framework Ad-On for Firefox.

Earlier this year, Microsoft shipped a bundle of updates known as a "service pack" for a programming platform called the Microsoft .NET Framework, which Microsoft and plenty of third-party developers use to run a variety of interactive programs on Windows.

The .Net update, like other updates, where pushed out via. Windows Update. A number of readers had never heard of this platform before Windows Update started offering the service pack for it, and many of you wanted to know whether it was okay to go ahead and install this thing.

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The .Net update in the Firefox Add-Ons window has a greyed out uninstall button, therefore you may not uninstall it. The reason this is such major news is because this makes Firefox less secure, by allowing websites to install software without permission. Removal instructions are here.

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