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> Microsoft doing exactly the same thing they were, twenty plus years ago, They never stopped, one big reason why Firefox restricts what plugins users can inst
by josefx 5y ago
> Microsoft doing exactly the same thing they were, twenty plus years ago,
They never stopped, one big reason why Firefox restricts what plugins users can install was Windows installing plugins that could not be removed or disabled.
- mywittyname 5y agoMcAfee seems to have found a way around this. I picked up a new laptop for my parents a few weeks ago and found that the pre-installed crapware injects plugins to every browser you install.
- josefx 5y agoAs far as I could find Mozilla is signing at least one plugin by McAfee, but that at least seems to request permission to run and can be disabled.
- mook 5y agoHmm, do you recall any details about those things? My impression was that the bad extensions mostly came from the antivirus vendors, but I may be missing something as I didn't daily drive Windows for a period, and I'm interested in the details. Thanks!
- josefx 5y agoThe case I recall was the integration of the .Net Framework Assistant. The initial version installed itself after a Windows update and couldn't be removed, later versions seem to have fixed that.