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Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
hemantm writes "A routine security update for a Microsoft Windows component installed on tens of millions of computers has quietly installed an extra add-on for an untold number of users surfing the Web with Mozilla's Firefox Web browser."
Wow, so it not only installs the .NET security hole into Firefox, it then starts broadcasting it to every web site you visit? "Hey, you can infect me!"
Even worse, they tried to do what Apple tried to do and failed. Win ME is some sort of Apple's failed "lets modernise MacOS" plan which took years and a top end manager to figure it won't really happen.
It is a really interesting Windows edition if you look deeper. They tried to make Windows 2000 on top of Windows 9x, even tried to "system restore" while that archaic FAT32 filesystem was the only option.
I ran Windows ME on my own machine for nearly 3 years on the same install, and also had it running on my mother's and sister's computers. I found it to be more reliable than Windows 98, which for me had a tendency to boot with drivers mysterious missing, though I did take the added step of disabling system restore and a few other additions (WMI for example). The fact that you simply say it "crashed" without giving much detail, as usual, leads me to believe you simply ride the "ME sucks" bandwagon because it feels good. You have plenty of insults, but not very much technical data.
"When you see a unixer brainwashed beyond saving, kick him out of the door." - Xah Lee
No, if it's impossible to disable, the author of the plugin got some 'splainin to do...
And the Firefox team wouldn't? Or are you telling they would need the explanation for the obviously needed fix?
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
I think I must have pissed off a troll last week, since I seem to be having a lot of posts rated "troll" for simply answering a question. The guy asked why my PC crashed and I told him. Unless I have a stalker troll I really can't see how answering why WinME crashed would be a troll unless somebody out there REALLY liked the old VXD driver model.
But like I said I may have gained me a stalker troll as I've noticed I have had a lot of my +3-+5 posts lately that suddenly dropped several points for no reason at all. Oh well, if somebody asks me a question I consider it rude not to answer, so stalker troll will be kept busy.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Gee, what a fanboi. It should simply not be possible to write a plugin not following the API - if it were, Firefox would be defective by design. And you know why (don't answer that rhetoric question)? Because the functionality of en-/disabling a plugin should only be available from within Firefox and not to any external apps or plugins and most certainly not be part of a well-documented API.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck