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Insecure plug-ins pose danger to Firefox users

Friday, June 1, 2007 8:00

Add-ons add security threat By Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus Published Friday 1st June 2007 10:06 GMT A security weakness in the update mechanism for third-party add-ons to the Firefox browser could give an attacker the ability to exploit unsecured downloads and install malicious code on the victimâ€™s computer, a security researcher warned on Wednesday. The ...

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