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Mozilla shipped worm with Firefox add-on
cdrinfo.com 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
zdnetasia.com 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...
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,...
Virus Found in Firefox 2 Plug-in
softpedia.com May 8, 2008
The language pack supposed to be installed in Firefox 2 by consumers who want to use the Mozilla browser in Vietnamese got compromised by a Trojan horse, Window Snyder, the Mozilla security chief warned yesterday. What's worse is that the plugin was posted straight on the Mozilla Add-on page from...
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