Microsoft has thoughtfully updated Firefox for you.

Feops · 06-03-2009, 08:33 AM

Well, if you've updated recently that is.

To check, open Firefox, go to Tools > Addons. Extensions tab.

Note the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0.

You can disable it but you cannot uninstall it. Unless you get creative...

Open disclaimer: I don't know the mechanics of what this update/addon does. I do know that .NET framework has security holes that make me very nervous to have it stealth-patched into the browser I use because I don't trust Internet Explorer. I also know techie computer people who use computers more than me that are likewise nervous. Which is sufficient for me to have disabled it immediately.

Costrin · 06-03-2009, 06:40 PM

Thankfully it hasn't appeared yet... But I can see that yellow exclamation thingy in the icon bar, just waiting to strike at an inopportune moment.

Wade Wilson · 06-03-2009, 07:14 PM

chrome

BlackCat · 06-04-2009, 12:13 AM

Well thank you for the warning, I just started my computer up and noticed it wanted to update.

Domino · 06-04-2009, 12:50 AM

Odd. My firefox doesn't seem affected (yet?).

Imperial · 06-04-2009, 01:26 AM

Cool, let's see how this works.

run · 06-04-2009, 02:16 AM

I thought this thread would be about when Windows takes it upon itself to update and restart. I hate that.

Rajah · 06-04-2009, 03:16 AM

Remove Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant From Firefox

The Decline · 06-04-2009, 07:47 AM

What the fuck is this. I'm going to a 3.5 RC build now, so it's not compatible.

Silently Honest · 06-04-2009, 08:00 AM

I've just disabled it. I won't remove it till I'm sure I know what it is.

06-03-2009, 08:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Feops Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Type: INTx Location: Winnipeg, MB Posts: 613	Microsoft has thoughtfully updated Firefox for you. Well, if you've updated recently that is. To check, open Firefox, go to Tools > Addons. Extensions tab. Note the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0. You can disable it but you cannot uninstall it. Unless you get creative... Open disclaimer: I don't know the mechanics of what this update/addon does. I do know that .NET framework has security holes that make me very nervous to have it stealth-patched into the browser I use because I don't trust Internet Explorer. I also know techie computer people who use computers more than me that are likewise nervous. Which is sufficient for me to have disabled it immediately.

06-03-2009, 06:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Costrin rawr Join Date: Nov 2008 Type: INTP Location: Kansas Posts: 2,360	Thankfully it hasn't appeared yet... But I can see that yellow exclamation thingy in the icon bar, just waiting to strike at an inopportune moment. __________________ "All humour has a foundation of truth." - Costrin

06-03-2009, 07:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wade Wilson Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Type: INTP Location: The 616 Posts: 424	chrome __________________ I know a girl, she's one of a kind But the poor little thing, she's going out of her mind There's something you forgot - there's a reason why she's lost Cos baby she don't want to be found

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06-04-2009, 01:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
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06-04-2009, 02:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
run Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Type: INTP Location: Delaware Posts: 449	I thought this thread would be about when Windows takes it upon itself to update and restart. I hate that. __________________

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06-04-2009, 07:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
The Decline ¯\(°_o)/¯ Join Date: Jun 2009 Type: ☭ Location: 41.86,-87.67 Posts: 774	What the fuck is this. I'm going to a 3.5 RC build now, so it's not compatible.

06-04-2009, 08:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
Silently Honest Rides the Wind Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: INFJ Location: Southeast City Posts: 5,009	I've just disabled it. I won't remove it till I'm sure I know what it is. __________________ "Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~ C.S. Lewis

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