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Mozilla: Firefox plugin shipped with malicious code

linuxworld.com
May 7, 2008
        
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Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months. ... You might want to try: Because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was... [read full story]                    

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Mozilla shipped worm with Firefox add-on

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Mozilla ships a compromised extension

 lwn.net May 7, 2008
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Mozilla shipped worm with Firefox add-on

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May 9, 2008
        

Mozilla Corp. warned users about a worm that slipped into Firefox's Vietnamese language add-on and went undetected for months. The malware-infected file has been pulled from Mozilla's servers. ... Mozilla Corp. warned users about a worm that slipped into Firefox's...

Firefox downloads infected by ad virus

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May 9, 2008
        

Mozilla has stopped distributing a language pack for Firefox after discovering it had been infected by malicious code for over two months. Compare your salaryUse the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join

Firefox downloads infected by ad virus

zdnet.com.au
May 9, 2008
        

Mozilla has stopped distributing a language pack for Firefox after discovering it had been infected by malicious code for over two months. ... Although Mozilla's Vietnamese language pack for Firefox has been compromised by the malware, labelled HTML.Xorer, since...

Compromised file found in language pack for Firefox

scmagazine.com.au
May 9, 2008
        

An add-on for the popular Firefox browser hid potentially malicious code, possibly contaminating the machines of anyone who downloaded it. ... The add-on was a Vietnamese language pack, and though it has been removed from the official Mozilla add-on website, it was...

Mozilla Distributes Virus-Infected Language Pack

washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2008
        

Anyone who downloaded the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 needs to run an anti-spyware and anti-virus scan, then disable the pack for now. Mozilla warned yesterday that all versions of that language pack downloaded from its servers since Feb. 18, 2008, were infected with pop-up ad serving...

                   

Vietnamese Firefox 2 users were given malicious content

betanews.com
May 8, 2008
        

About 17,000 users of Vietnamese-language Firefox may have been wondering why their systems keep pulling up these video game cheat Web sites at random, for the past two months. But Mozilla didn't know what was up until last Tuesday. ... By Scott M. Fulton, III , BetaNews...

Mozilla: Would You Like a Virus With That Add-on?

mashable.com
May 8, 2008
        

By their own admission, Mozilla has released a plugin - Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 - which contains malicious code. The code is a result of a virus infection, but it’s not a virus itself; still, it’s malicious enough to make your Firefox displays unwanted ads (is there such a thing as...

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Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language pack

zdnet.com
May 8, 2008
        

Mozilla is warning that a Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 is carrying malware. In her blog, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder writes: The Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 contains inserted code to load remote content. This code is the result of a virus infection,...

Compromised file found inside a localized Firefox 2.0 language pack

net-security.org
May 8, 2008
        

Mozilla Security Blog reported a security problem found within the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2. The Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 contains inserted code to load remote content. ... ... Mozilla Security Blog reported a security problem found within the...

Mozilla spreads malware rather than security

zdnet.com
May 8, 2008
        

Vietnamese users turning to Mozilla's Firefox to offer then security got a shock yesterday when the company revealed that the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was contaminated with malicious code and that this had been available for download for three months. Because of a virus infection,...

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