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Microsoft Hides Firefox Extension In Toolbar Update

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

Jan writes "As part of its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update for its various toolbars, and this update came with more than just documented fixes. The update also installs an add-on for Internet Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox, both without the user's permission."

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  1. Oh get a sense of perspective FFS by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its a friggin browser extension. We're not talking a Sony rootkit here!

    I'm no MS fan but this constant MS bashing from self righteous geeks who smell an easy target gets tedious after a while.

    If you really hate MS so much why are you running Windows in the first place to get upset about it? Install Ubuntu
    or buy a Mac and shut up.