But the other add-on -- Windows Presentation Foundation -- will remain blocked, Mozilla says
Mozilla has now unblocked a Microsoft add-on thought to pose a danger due to a software vulnerability, but a second add-on remains blocked, the organization said on Sunday.
Second component to be unblocked within 48 hours, Mozilla's top engineer says
Mozilla has unblocked one of the two Microsoft-made add-ons that put Firefox users at risk from attack and will probably unblock the second in the next 48 hours, the company's head of engineering said today.
Microsoft silently installed the .Net plugin earlier this year
Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out by Microsoft, saying that it presents a security risk.
Patches critical bug, exploitable because of add-on silently slipped into Firefox last February
An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week.
With major new versions released this year, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari vie for the crown
For browser fans, this is the best of times.
Makes good on promise to detect vulnerable plug-ins from Adobe, Apple, Microsoft
As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox.
Delivers browser preview with 'Content Security Policy' spec, hopes rivals follow its lead
Mozilla has released a test build of Firefox that adds new technology designed to stymie most Web-based attacks, the browser maker said Sunday.
Chrome breaks 3% barrier, Firefox nears record, Safari stalls
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) again lost a big chunk of market share last month as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome continued to chip away at the world's dominant browser, a Web metrics company said today.
Also quashes 11 bugs in older 3.0 browser, debuts Flash Player version check
Mozilla on Wednesday patched 10 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.5, all but one ranked critical, as it delivered the first update that automatically checks for outdated versions of the popular Flash Player plug-in.
Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010
Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010, including information on when to expect the next major iteration of Firefox.
Mozilla kicks off scheme Tuesday; Firefox 3.6 will check for old Apple, Microsoft plug-ins, too
Mozilla's next update for Firefox, slated to ship Tuesday, will check for outdated versions of Flash Player, a frequent target of hackers, the company said on Friday.
If the plan were accepted, IE would enjoy most-favored-browser status
Mozilla Foundation officials last week launched a concerted campaign to prod European Union antitrust regulators to demand more from Microsoft Corp. than the browser ballot screen the company has promised to offer Windows 7 users later this year.
72 per cent of those using Firefox start seeing upgrade invites to newest edition
Mozilla late on Thursday began offering Firefox 3.5 to users still running older versions of the browser, the first of what will likely be several attempts to get people to upgrade before support expires for Firefox 3.0.
Developers would receive monetary contributions for their work on Firefox through Mozilla's Contributions Pilot Program
Developers building functional Add-ons for the Firefox browser can request financial contributions from users through an effort launched this week by Mozilla.
Firefox 3.5 can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability
While Mozilla lights a fire under competing browsers with support of emerging Web standards with Firefox 3.5, it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability.