Thread: Vista users with firefox , A question I can't seem to find an answer to!

this was on slashdot last week

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../02/01/2143218

Originally Posted by Ynot

this was on slashdot last week

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../02/01/2143218

Thanks for the link

I'm still not sure what the heck it's supposed to do and why people don't like it though.

Isn't that used to run things like GCFScape for Source games?

I'm almost positive that's what its used for...

Originally Posted by hellohihello

Thanks for the link

I'm still not sure what the heck it's supposed to do and why people don't like it though.

I think you've answered your own question

people don't like it for just that very reason
They don't know what it is, or what it does

They didn't ask for it, they were not warned
but, all of a sudden, MS is installing phantom Firefox extensions on your machine

I'm also almost positive it's nothing harmful, and it's used to run some programs.

okay thank you everyone

Of course it's not harmful *

the point is, it's a forced installation
and many people feel it's unacceptable for MS to silently install things on your computer without any warning or explanation

* well, not intentionally harmful
MS doesn't have a very good track record with security on the web....

Originally Posted by Ynot

Of course it's not harmful *

the point is, it's a forced installation
and many people feel it's unacceptable for MS to silently install things on your computer without any warning or explanation

* well, not intentionally harmful
MS doesn't have a very good track record with security on the web....

Very good point.. maybe I should uninstall it I hear its a faulty update.

At the time I didn't really pay much attention to it
(not a windows user, not my problem)
I just read the slashdot summary, got a laugh from some of the comments and moved on to more interesting stories

I've actually, now, read up on what this thing does
and if I used windows, I'd find a way to get rid of this pretty damn sharpish

It's a Firefox extension that allows the execution of .NET programs direct from the browser

It's ActiveX with a different name
but now it's attaching itself to non-MS browsers

Most people use Firefox on windows to rid their machines of the security nightmare that is Internet Explorer
and now, thanks to MS, Firefox has been made less secure, by default, for all Windows users

Direct execution of binary code from a web browser is the stupidest thing to ever be devised
I recommend you nuke the extension immediately

*edit*
It's almost like they're asking for more anti-trust cases to be filed against them
this is really, really retarded, even for MS

Zoinks, I had no clue MS did that. I checked, and it was on my Firefox as well. I've disabled it, and will remove it totally if I can. It's crap like this that makes me hate Windows.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Zoinks, I had no clue MS did that. I checked, and it was on my Firefox as well. I've disabled it, and will remove it totally if I can. It's crap like this that makes me hate Windows.

http://www.robertnyman.com/2009/01/2...fox-extension/

here is how

Thanks, hellohihello.