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> [Chrome] also installs (silently, without permission, > and for reasons unspecified) a Firefox plug-in, and it > reinstalls/reactivates that plug-in even
by jmillikin 14y ago
> [Chrome] also installs (silently, without permission,
> and for reasons unspecified) a Firefox plug-in, and it
> reinstalls/reactivates that plug-in even if the user has
> explicitly chosen to disable it.
Could you elaborate more on this? Most of my machines have both Chrome and Firefox installed, but I don't see any unexpected or Chrome-related plugins in Firefox. A web search for [chrome installs firefox plugin] also turns up no relevant hits.
- Silhouette 14y agoInteresting. Right now I'm looking at a Firefox plug-in called Google Update 1.3.21.135 in Firefox, which I recently disabled (again) because it offers no uninstall option. I certainly didn't put it there myself, nor have I ever knowingly approved it. I just checked, and a similar plug-in has been installed on every other machine we've got handy. Is it possible that you've got something installed that somehow blocks this? It's been happening for years for us, causing much gnashing of teeth. [Edit] Here's a link describing the plug-in: http://superuser.com/questions/156913/what-is-the-google-update-firefox-add-on http://superuser.com/questions/156913/what-is-the-google-upd...
- nivla 14y agoYou are right, I just went through my Firefox plugins and I see "Google Update" along with a few "Google Talk" plugins. Given that I installed Firefox after Chrome, could those plugins have been installed and updated with Google Talk or does Chrome have an active app monitoring in the background?
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