MS Stealh Install Exposes Firefox Users to Vulnerability »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyEarlier this year, Microsoft released the .NET Framework 3.5 update. At the same time, as an added bonus, end users would get an extra Firefox extension, the "Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce)," without being asked. That's bad enough, but at the same time the extension made Firefox vulnerable to attack.
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