Closed Bug 864551 Opened 12 years ago Closed 12 years ago

Blocklist malicious CortonExt add-on

Categories

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Blocklist Policy Requests
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
2013-04-25

People

(Reporter: jorgev, Assigned: jorgev)

References

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Details

This add-on was brought up in this SUMO discussion: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/957533 It looks like it is installed without user consent, with a non-descriptive name, and ties a number of browser features to Amazon URLs, probably monetizing on affiliate codes. ID: CortonExt@ext.com
Blocked: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/i336
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 2013-04-25
Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
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