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Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected With Trojan

Posted by timothy on from the when-childhood-goes-wrong dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired.com is reporting that the Firefox browser has been unknowingly distributing a trojan with the Firefox Vietnamese language pack. Over 16,000 downloads of the pack occurred since being infected. This highlights a risk on relying on user-submitted Firefox extensions, or a lack of peer-review of the extensions, many of which receive frequent upgrades."

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  1. infected with Trojans? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    So wait...It installs the Greek language pack?

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    1. Re:infected with Trojans? by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, and it adds the wooden rabbit font, too.

    2. Re:infected with Trojans? by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess I was the only one who thought "infected with trojans" was funny. Especially since many of the condoms I've seen are made in south Asia.

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    3. Re:infected with Trojans? by pragma_x · · Score: 2, Funny

      Me, I'm already on the lookout for any updates with large wooden badgers.

  2. How do you say "oops" in Vietnamese? by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure the Mozilla Foundation wants to know.

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  3. Re:Downside of OSS by Uncle+Focker · · Score: 3, Funny

    So was Mozilla using a proprietary anti-virus software? Better hope not, or the ggp is going to have his entire point demolished.

  4. Avoid infections by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I use trojans to avoid infection...

  5. A rebuttal by Bragador · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your reasoning is flawed.

    You are coming to the conclusion that open source "sucks" because a trojan was supplied with one version of Mozilla Firefox. The problem with that reasoning is twofold:

    1) The problem was detected nonetheless

    2) It is being fixed rather quickly

    Another problem with your reasoning is that you jump to saying "Long live microsoft!". While I applaud you for sharing your love, the link between a competitor's browser having a problem and your love of Microsoft is quite shallow.

    For example, you could have said "long live Internet Explorer" and it would have made a bit more sense but not that much. Indeed, you assume that because Firefox has a problem, the other browser has no problems of its own.

    Also, why Microsoft ? This is another flaw in your reasonning. There is opera, and safari for example. So exclusively backing Microsoft's product because of a problem with firefox is a weak argument at best.

    In conclusion, I state that we can't support your love of Microsoft solely based on your argument.

    Thank you for your precious time.

    Sincerely,

    Me

  6. Re:Downside of OSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of messed up place do you live where it's recommended you check the trunk for dead bodies?