Tweaks.com Forum / Windows & System Security / Security News and Software Updates & Definitions / Mozilla shipped Firefox plugin with malware attached / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v4.1.4Tweaks.com Forum http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/forum@tweaks.comWed, 15 Oct 2008 22:21:46 GMT20Mozilla shipped Firefox plugin with malware attachedhttp://forum.tweaks.com/forum/Topic239068-59-1.aspx[quote]Mozilla has admitted shipping a Firefox plugin that had virus-infected code in it.<br><br>Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said in a blog posting last night that because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2.0 was polluted with adware.<br><br>Mozilla said that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months...[/quote]<br><A href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=12975">pcadvisor.co.uk</A><br><A href="http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/05/07/compromised-file-in-vietnamese-language-pack-for-firefox-2/">blog.mozilla.com</A>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:41:03 GMTquietman7