Firefox Disables Microsoft .NET Addon

ZosX writes "Around 11:45 PM Friday night, I was prompted by Firefox that it had disabled the addons that Microsoft has been including with .NET — specifically, the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation. The popup announcing this said that the 'following addons have been known to cause stability or security issues with Firefox.' Thanks, Mozilla team, for hitting the kill switch and hopefully this will get Microsoft to release a patch sooner." Here's the Mozilla security blog entry announcing the block, which Mozilla implemented via its blocklisting mechanism.

Re:Great

[setagllib]

Microsoft has put billions of dollars into developing the most effective and efficient security vulnerabilities to date. I can only watch in awe and wonder.

My surreal experience

[phozz bare]

Last night I was browsing through the headlines on Slashdot's front page. At one point I came across the headline "Sneaky Microsoft Add-On Put Firefox Users At Risk" (story here [slashdot.org]). While I was reading the text underneath that headline, Firefox's prompt (indicating that it had detected the relevant plugin) popped up. It was so startling that I started wondering whether the browser was reading my mind! Weird stuff.

Re:Plugin-checker

[phozz bare]

The TFA makes a reference [...]

You mean The TFA Article.

Re:How about just disabling Microsoft?

[siddesu]

FYI, it doesn't help at all !!!

I have Microsoft disabled (I run Gentoo Linux), and my Firefox failed miserably to disable the .Net plug-in. I spent a day clicking on the menus and recompiling updates, and I still don't get the pop-up :(

On the bright side, my system now runs 1.27% faster compared to yesterday. It feels like 10% faster, really.

Rule 1: Don't talk about the registry

[Norsefire]

A friend had a problem with a CD burner app (Nero I think?) and asked me to take a look at it (they weren't too tech savvy). So I took a look and Googled the error and found that it was a problem with a registry key that would screw randomly. The fix was to delete it and if the error came back the fix was to change it to a specific value (which would cause nagging warnings but not make the program fail outright, so deleting it first was the better solution). So when I had fixed it I told him offhandedly, not expecting him to understand, that it was a problem with the registry and if it happens again to give me a call. So a week later he calls and says it had the same problem but I didn't need to come round because he had found a registry cleaner, for cheap, only $39.95... I never mention the word "registry" to non-tech people now.

Re:Rule 1: Don't talk about the registry

[Bob_Who]

he had found a registry cleaner, for cheap, only $39.95... I never mention the word "registry" to non-tech people now.

....I never mention windows, I'm up to my neck in Windex and squeegees....

Re:How about just disabling Microsoft?

[daboochmeister]

As Mr. Morden said to Londo Mollari when Londo asked why not just destroy the Narn homeworld ... "one thing at a time, Ambassador, one thing at a time".

Re:Nuke it with regedit...

[Sponge Bath]

Delete key name '{20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}'

Be careful. If you accidentally delete key {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08855760534b}, your machine explodes.

Re:How about just disabling Microsoft?

[John Hasler]

> Now if I could only learn how to get that damn make-kpkg to work right in
> Debian so the modules get included in the .dep file... What is a .dep file
> anyhow?

".dep"? Never heard of it. Nothing to do with Debian, certainly.

Re:How about just disabling Microsoft?

[Rocketship Underpant]

"On the bright side, my system now runs 1.27% faster compared to yesterday."

Which means that time you spent recompiling everything should pay for itself after about 90 more days of straight Firefox usage.

Posting to undo moderation

[wampus]

FIX THE STUPID FUCKING MODERATION INTERFACE!

Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

I AM!