Comments for Mozilla Security Blog

Comment on .NET Framework Assistant Blocked to Disarm Security Vulnerability by Greg

Greg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:29:43 +0000

There should be a default setting to prevent any change to Firefox without your permission – one that you have to deliberately change manually if you want it otherwise.

Comment on .NET Framework Assistant Blocked to Disarm Security Vulnerability by Ahmad Barirani

Ahmad Barirani — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:23:15 +0000

I love the fact that Mozilla has to step up and protect Microsoft clients from Microsoft.

Comment on Mozilla Plugin Check Now Live by Mariaester Cantu

Mariaester Cantu — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:29:35 +0000

When I make contact with Home Land Security and Cyber security with my work I was sure it would be safe and security when I e-mail. To understand that not even my faxes are safe. The work that you have done to prevent hackers still doesn’t work. What then? Do you know that their are phone companies that are betraying United States,through them and into our network systems. If I wrong , I am work but, if I am right the terrorist are attacking our phone lines contacted to our internet services whether it be business or home networks.Even law agents from all over our own nation. It’s not that your system and programs do not work. But, if it’s your system projects that have been stolen from your own employees and are selling you out for a good price including knowing how to take over human being mines and other nations use it to attack our nation, “UNITED STATES”. What then.

Comment on .NET Framework Assistant & Windows Presentation Foundation Plugin Blocking Update by cedo

cedo — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:59:01 +0000

I disabled the .Net Framework Assistant & Windows Presentation Foundation, I had to re-disable them after the latest firefox update. They are not safe.

Comment on Mozilla Plugin Check Now Live by sikiş

sikiş — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:21:03 +0000

This tool sent me to Viewpoint media players website to install the most current version. This was not detected by Secunia software advisory or Windows update. The site is listed on Web of Trust as dangerous. It is. As soon as I tried to start a download, Data Execution stepped in to prevent damage to my computer. MALWARE, THANKS A LOT FIREFOX!

Comment on Helping users keep plugins updated by sikiş

sikiş — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:40:05 +0000

I am in agreement with a concept mentioned by Larry Seltzer in his first post above(#2) “Perhaps the plugin should check at all startups?”. However, rather than check at EVERY startup, a better policy should be once a day at the browser’s first startup. Users would launch the browser that would only take them to a blank page with the statement along the lines of “The browser is currently checking for updated plugins, please wait a moment while this is accomplished. Thank you for your patience”. If any plugins need updating, they are then redirected to a page from Mozilla to update them (as mentioned elsewhere on Mozilla’s site) or directly to the vendor’s update site for the plugin. If no updates are needed, then the browser should direct the user to their homepage or other startup page listed within their preferences.

Comment on Mozilla Plugin Check Now Live by video izle

video izle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:39:17 +0000

So, why did Firefox 3.5.3 just now pop up a dialog box notifying me that it had gone ahead and disabled the Windows Presentation Foundation plugin? I did not visit the plugin check page; I did not apply any Windows Updates; I did not apply any Firefox updates.

When and how did my Firefox install learn that the WPF plugin was undesirable?

Comment on .NET Framework Assistant Blocked to Disarm Security Vulnerability by sikiş

sikiş — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:38:47 +0000

When I went with Firefox, it was a vote against MS’ ability to make secure browsing apps.

Allowing them to silently install insecure scripting engines into Firefox is… well, a real slap in the face for the people who thought they’d moved away from that.

Comment on .NET Framework Assistant & Windows Presentation Foundation Plugin Blocking Update by sikiş

sikiş — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:37:41 +0000

Sorry, I’m not a technical person, so I’m not familiar with the assumptions here.

I didn’t allow Mozilla to block this program because I thought it was a hoax, such as I’ve received before, asking me to delete MS programs. What does the plugin do? Do I need it? Was it fixed by the MS automatic update of October 15, called “Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (KB974417)”.

If not, what do I need to do now?

Comment on Plugin Updating Project: Follow up by video izle

video izle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:33:45 +0000

I agree with Daniel; If you are worried about your privacy, support efforts by developers to keep everyone’s PC’s up to date, thereby potentially reducing the size of botnets.