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Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
Washingon Post ^
| 29 May 2009
| Brian Krebs
Posted on 06/01/2009 5:39:51 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:39:51 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:40:07 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Why am I both pi$$ed off and not surprised???
I’ve had trouble with Firefox freezing for a few seconds at a time while pages are loading and now I wonder if these two things are connected?
I have no evidence this unwelcome add-on is guilty but it sure adds yet another variable to determining what the heck’s going on.
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:48:31 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
To: ShadowAce
I turned off my automatic update after last year on April 14, when that a Windows update on one of our computers interrupted the functioning of our tax preparation software. (we are a CPA firm). Intuit fixed the problem on the computer, and subsequently let us know that the update was also reported to be interfering with Quickbooks. The timing of the problem, needless to say, caused us a bit of anxiety.
To: ShadowAce
Son of a @#$%&!
It does have a disable button.
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:51:27 AM PDT
by
JWinNC
(www.anailinhisplace.net)
To: JWinNC
It does have a disable button. That's good to hear. I haven't installed this update yet on my work computer (I have no windows machines at home), so I haven't been able to verify this.
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:54:31 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
My OS has been slowly falling apart ever since I had to install IE7. I’m getting 4 or 5 freeze ups a day.
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posted on
06/01/2009 5:59:18 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: paulycy
Ive had trouble with Firefox freezing for a few seconds at a time while pages are loading and now I wonder if these two things are connected?Me too. I wonder. I can't find this in my add-ons list.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:05:05 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
My IE has not frozen since I installed IE8. IE7 did periodically freeze up on me in both xp and vista.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:05:34 AM PDT
by
Abby4116
To: raybbr; paulycy
Whoops! My bad. It’s in the Extensions folder and it HAS a disable button. I have disabled it and we shall see.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:10:30 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: Abby4116
The only reason I dumped IE6 was because photobucket made a change that kept my EXIF reader from working with it. I never really understood what they did, but somehow they altered the data in my images
I'm tired of change for the sake of change, stuff that doesn't improve anything.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:10:31 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: ShadowAce
Bump for home reading and repairs.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:22:10 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(Save the Hispaniolan Solenodon!)
To: raybbr
Whoops! My bad. Its in the Extensions folder and it HAS a disable button. I have disabled it and we shall see.Well, I'm so on the ball I didn't even notice it when it was installed but, looking at the add-ons, there it is in all its microsoft glory. And it does have a disable button so that, at least, is a good thing. :0)
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:25:25 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:28:33 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(The Second Amendment is the ultimate "term limit.")
To: ShadowAce
Thanks.
MICROSLOP STRIKES AGAIN.
GLOBALIST TRAITORS.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:41:00 AM PDT
by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: ShadowAce
To every other software company in the universe, updates are to add features and fix bugs. To MS, updates are for adding bugs and calling them features.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:41:30 AM PDT
by
LifeComesFirst
(Until the unborn are free, nobody is free)
Uh, I checked on my 64 bit Windows 7 installation of Firefox and there it was, complete with a disable button and a delete button. I deleted it, restarted FF and it’s gone.
What’s the problem? XP? 32 bit versions? I don’t get it.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:43:50 AM PDT
by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:45:05 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
To: ShadowAce
I wonder if you can uninstall Firefox, then reinstall it, without the extension.
To: paulycy
I switched to Safari a few months ago and I find it’s much faster.
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