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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."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    If it is as bad as Norton then uninstalling it might not be the easiest task.

  2. Obligatory punctuation Nazi comment by John+Jorsett · · Score: 2, Informative

    program, is designed to keep Web surfer's safe

    Keep his safe where?

    S'erious'ly, do people ju'st put in apo'strophe's around random s's the'se day's?