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pcernie

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Firefox browser add-ons contained malware

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.c ... d=3212049&


	Quote: According to an entry on the Mozilla Add-ons blog, Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer were infected with Trojan horses designed to hijack Windows PCs.

I use a video downloader, wonder if it's that one... not that I use the 'experimental' ones talked about here though

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Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:17 pm

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Re: Firefox browser add-ons contained malware

this is the point of OS to disclose what has been found, good or bad …

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