Silent Install Firefox Plugin Backfires on Microsoft

2010-04-12 1 min read Linux

Silent Install Firefox Plugin Backfires on Microsoft Whilst it’s not okay in Microsoft’s eyes for Google to install a plugin into Internet Explorer, increasing the potential surface area of attack, when Microsoft do it to Firefox, it’s a different matter. Now a security hole has been found in a plugin that Microsoft have been silently installing into Firefox.

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