How do I prevent applications from being able to install add-ons and make changes to my default settings?
Firefox version: 3.5.5 Operating system: Windows Vista
Autor
Mensagem
Keith Firefox user
Issue
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
Description
I installed an update to a program (MyHeritage Family Tree Builder) and it basically hijacked Firefox. Without prompting, my homepage was changed, a taskbar was added, my default search engine was changed and the MyHeritage add-on was installed and activated. Moreover, this happened in two separate Firefox profiles under the same login on this machine. I was able to eliminate all the changes but I don't want this to happen again.
This happened
Just once or twice
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder was updated
Extensions installed
Adblock Plus, AutoPager
Firefox version
3.5.5
Operating system
Windows Vista
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
How do I prevent applications from being able to install add-ons and make changes to my default settings?
Firefox version: 3.5.5 Operating system: Windows VistaFirefox user
Issue
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
Description
I installed an update to a program (MyHeritage Family Tree Builder) and it basically hijacked Firefox. Without prompting, my homepage was changed, a taskbar was added, my default search engine was changed and the MyHeritage add-on was installed and activated. Moreover, this happened in two separate Firefox profiles under the same login on this machine. I was able to eliminate all the changes but I don't want this to happen again.
This happened
Just once or twice
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder was updated
Extensions installed
Adblock Plus, AutoPager
Firefox version
3.5.5
Operating system
Windows Vista
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Plugins installed
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