Last week, Microsoft confessed that it messed up and actually introduced a security vulnerability into the Firefox browser. We bet you thought you were safe in using Firefox. Apparently, Microsoft sneaked in a .NET add-on without the explicit permission of the Firefox users. The add-on has a serious vulnerability and exposes Firefox users to being totally “owned” by a drive-by download. For now, the recommendation is to uninstall the add-on.
For Firefox users with .NET Framework 3.5 installed, you may use “Tools”-> “Add-ons” -> “Plugins”, select “Windows Presentation Foundation”, and click “Disable”.
- John and Mike
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