So, TURN OFF the Updates!
On Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 7:39 pm, Wilson Longton wrote:
>I have a comment about Remove
>the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension:
>I just installed Firefox 3.5 on both my desktop and laptop. Fortunately I also ran
>across your article at the same time. Thank you. I followed the instructions exactly
>for both machines and the instructions worked!
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As you had indicated, I was one of many who had dumbly downloaded it months before
>without having the faintest clue it was malware.
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Almost instantly . . . The Evil Empire Struck Back.
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Within seconds of completing the deletion on both machines, Micro$oft flashed
>its daintly little yellow shield in my tray indicating updates were read for my
machine.
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And the update Micro$oft wanted me to install ? . . . you guessed it . . . the
>very same Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Firefox Extension which I had just
deleted
>seconds earlier. Not only is MS installing malware, if you delete it, they want
you
>to immediately reinstall it. For the record, I wasn't a sucker this second time.
>I didn't download it.
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Believe me, people need to be warned just how much Micro$oft wants to destroy
>Firefox. Publicize all over the internet this back door malware MS is trying to
ram
>into everyone's machine.
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