Mozilla Blocks Then Unblocks Microsoft Add-ons For Firefox

October 19, 2009 by ctal 

Over the weekend, potentially tens of millions of users around the world booted their Firefox browser and were told that their Microsoft add-ons were being blocked. Specifically, Mozilla began blocking the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) add-on and the .NET Framework Assistant add-on. Both of those add-ons were added to Mozilla’s blocklist for security issues….

… Firefox users in my opinion should rest assured that Mozilla’s management is being aggressively pro-active at ensuring browser security — and that’s a great thing.

Mozilla blocks then unblocks Microsoft add-ons for Firefox

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Mozilla Blocks Then Unblocks Microsoft Add-ons For Firefox

Over the weekend, potentially tens of millions of users around the world booted their Firefox browser and were told that their Microsoft add-ons were being blocked. Specifically, Mozilla began blocking the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) add-on and the .NET Framework Assistant add-on. Both of those add-ons were added to Mozilla's blocklist for security issues....

... Firefox users in my opinion should rest assured that Mozilla's management is being aggressively pro-active at ensuring browser security -- and that's a great thing.
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