296886 - ReloadEvery Extension breaches security!

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[wayne]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

ReloadEvery - Firefox Extension
ReloadEvery 0.6.1, by Jaap Haitsma, released on May 14, 2005

When installed, FireFox tries to access the internet without opening FireFox on
computer startup - When uninstalled FireFox does not try to access the internet
without opening on computer startup.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use trackable firewall (ZoneLabs)
2. Install Reload Every Extension on FireFox
3. Remove all extensions that access the Interent via FireFox
4. Disable all FireFox's live updates, etc. 
3. Clear all Internet Program Control Applications Accesses from ZoneLabs list
4. Restart Computer
5. Check Zonelabs Program Control Accesses - FireFox will appear.
6. Uninstall ReloadEvery and do 1-5. FireFox will not be there in Zonelabs
Actual Results:  
Fixed the problem by uninstalling ReloadEvery Extension from FireFox

Expected Results:  
ReloadEvery Extension / FireFox should not be accessing the internet without
opening.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Bugzilla is not the place to report problems with extensions. If you have issues
please talk to the extension developer or just uninstall the extension. Mark
this as INVALID.

Comment 2

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

Please contact the extension developer for a problem like this.

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