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Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware
From: Reed Loden <reed () reedloden com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:52:55 -0600
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:43:32 +0200 Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
FlashGot Firefox plugin, a long-time download assistant, now acts like spyware. It gives you recommendations IN Google search to another search site, according to your searches.
Just to confirm, you're referring to FlashGot, as in https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220 and http://flashgot.net, correct? There's also FlashGet (http://www.flashget.com), which is something completely different. The two get confused a lot, so just double-checking before I start poking some folks about your report. Note that you're always welcome to notify our add-ons team directly concerning such reports using the contact information at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/policies/contact, or if you want to contact the Mozilla Security Group specifically, you can e-mail security () mozilla org. We definitely want to do everything in our power to ensure our users are kept secure and their privacy protected. ~reed Mozilla Security Group -- Reed Loden - <reed () reedloden com>
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- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Daniel Veditz (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)