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... [read full story]                

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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,...                

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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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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...                

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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...                

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Brief: Vietnamese pack infects Firefox users

securityfocus.com     May 8, 2008          

Vietnamese pack infects Firefox users >> Advertisement << Can you answer the ERP quiz? These 10 questions determine if your Enterprise RP rollout gets an A+. ... Open-source software maker Mozilla warned users on Wednesday that the Vietnamese version of its browser...                

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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                

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