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MS Issued a Fix For Its Unwanted FireFox Extension

Posted by kdawson on from the unevenly-distributed dept.

As we discussed last February, and again a few days ago after the Washington Post noticed, Microsoft installed without permission a hard-to-remove Firefox extension along with a service pack for .NET Framework 3.5. Reader Pigskin-Referee lets us know that, as it turns out, Microsoft issued a fix a month ago; details here.

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  1. Re:So the WaPo reports a story a month obsolete? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I agree. It was a minor issue to begin with made to be a big deal. Typical chin beard loser journalism. Go ahead faggot mod me down.

  2. Re:So the WaPo reports a story a month obsolete? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Look out! The gays have Personal Identification Numbers and they know how to use Automated Teller Machines!

  3. Question? Who fucking cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously. Who gives a shit?

    So Firefox gets one more useless extension? So what?

    It's not like Firefox is stable and doesn't suck down resources like a money honey.

    Jesus.

    Get a fucking life.

    1. Re:Question? Who fucking cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Uh, no, numb-nuts.

      I use Firefox. That's how I know what a crap browser it is.

      The flaming retards at Slashdot are so shitty at coding that you can barely even read this website in IE. Not that I would anyways.

      Maybe if your view wasn't obstructed by a mountain of cum-stained wads of toilet paper you be able to see that your phony outrage reeks of shit - just like you.

      Seriously, nobody gives a shit about this because it doesn't fucking matter.

  4. Firefox by r45d15 · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's Firefox not FireFox, by now it should be clear to everyone including whoever wrote the title.

  5. Re:So the WaPo reports a story a month obsolete? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's an American thing.
    They are always talking about each others bottoms and forcing things up them.
    I think it's considered macho. I'm not sure why.

  6. Re:So the WaPo reports a story a month obsolete? by Ezrymyrh · · Score: -1, Troll

    MS next OS to be called "Squeal Like a Pig" or "Boy, You got's a purdy mouth"

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    The love of good Whiskey,Woman,Weed is all i need.
  7. Are you kidding me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a bunch of f**king idiots.

    1. You gave permission when you installed the update. PERIOD! If you don't know what an update does don't install it.
    2. This is standard operating procedure across the industry. If you install a program that can be accessed via a web browser, it will register the proper extensions or plug-ins. This is true of many products: iTunes, Sun's JRE, Adobe Reader, & many others.
    3. They do not 'disable' FireFox's ability to remove it. It is not their fault that you cannot remove system wide (all user) add-ons from the FireFox interface.