Part of Microsoft's major patch released last Tuesday (October 13th) creates a vulnerability in Firefox, according to ComputerWorld. The security flaw is apparently related to the patch installing a plug-in for Firefox to work with the .Net framework. Further complicating matters, the plug-in is unable to be uninstalled on any Windows OS besides Windows 7.
Full article can be found here: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139459/Sneaky_Microsoft_plug_in_puts_Firefox_users_at_risk
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Microsoft Update causes security hole in Firefox
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