Closed
Bug 641871
Opened 13 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
Block malware addon
Categories
(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INCOMPLETE
2013-09-10
People
(Reporter: ochameau, Assigned: jorgev)
Details
I ended up having two malicious addons installed in my firefox/extensions directory: - pdfforge@mybrowserbar.com - wtxpcom@mybrowserbar.com I immediatly deleted them as I never authorized anything to install, addons nor any software. These addons contained multiple native xpcom components. pdfforge added a toolbar.
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Comment 1•13 years ago
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Here is additional info about these addons: http://www.mularien.com/blog/2009/03/24/sourceforge-hosted-pdfcreator-trojantoolbar-warning/ I didn't installed PDFCreator recently, but I used it! It should have automatically install this stuff.
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Comment 2•11 years ago
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Kris, Tyler: can one of you please check if the installer silently installs any add-ons or does anything wrong? http://www.pdfforge.org/
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Updated•11 years ago
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Flags: needinfo?(tdowner)
Comment 3•11 years ago
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This does install an addon, but it seems to be just there to convert pages to PDF's and doesn't install silently or anything.
Flags: needinfo?(tdowner)
Comment 4•11 years ago
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Hm. Did you keep a copy of the add-ons? I was under the impression that @mybrowserbar.com add-ons were all pretty much the same search toolbar crapware, without any real functionality.
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Comment 5•11 years ago
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There doesn't seem to be any pending actions here. Please reopen if there's more information that warrants reconsidering.
Assignee: nobody → jorge
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Target Milestone: --- → 2013-09-10
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
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