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Firefox Advises Users To Disable McAfee Plugin

Posted by timothy on from the one-or-the-other dept.

itwbennett writes "Mozilla is advising Firefox users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause 'stability or security problems.' ScriptScan, which ships with McAfee's VirusScan antivirus program, is designed to keep Web surfers safe by scanning for any malicious scripting code that might be running in the browser. But according to Mozilla, it has an unintended side-effect: It can cause Firefox to crash ... a lot."

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  1. Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee by Moheeheeko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or just dip your harddrive in battery acid. Best way of getting rid of Mcafee ive found.

  2. What??? by lennier1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    A McAfee product which causes more problems than it solves?

    I think you just destroyed my faith in the universe. ;)

  3. Re:Obligatory punctuation Nazi comment by lennier1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, if you cause the browser to crash before it gets any chance to theoretically access a malware source that could be counted as a form of protection.