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[Nvyseal]

images/news/firefox.jpgMozilla confirmed late Thursday that it failed to detect malware in a pair of Firefox add-ons, which may have infected up to 4,600 users.

The add-ons have been removed from Firefox's official add-on download site.

According to an entry on the Mozilla Add-ons blog, Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer were infected with Trojan horses designed to hijack Windows PCs. Both add-ons were in the "experimental" area of Firefox's add-on download site, where newer extensions remain until they undergo a public review process. To install experimental add-ons, Firefox users must view and accept an additional warning.

Any Windows users who installed one of the two add-ons would have also silently executed the Trojan, which would then infect the PC. Mac and Linux users who installed the add-ons were not affected.

Read on at Computerworld

[m.oreilly]

holy mackerel

[banj0]

dang, when I read that the Sothink VD was one I was almost freaked. I never use the experimental exts. though.

Good info to know, thx.

[VROSA]

Though I dont have many add-ons installed I got a bit worried