<<< NEWS FROM THE LAB - Saturday, October 17, 2009 >>> ARCHIVES | SEARCH Firefox Blocks MS Add-on to Tighten Security Posted by Response @ 06:11 GMT I woke up this morning and this is what greeted me:







A while back, Microsoft released the ".NET Framework Assistant" as a Firefox add-on. Today, Firefox blocked it to disable a security vulnerability that affects it. So if this happens to your Firefox browser, don't fret, it's just a security tweak.



Mozilla noted this update in their Security blog.





Response post by — Christine



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Updated to add: The Mozilla Security blog has new information: "Microsoft has now confirmed that the Framework Assistant add-on is not a vector for this attack, and we have removed the entry from the blocklist."









