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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 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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  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 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?