Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes "Critical" Hole In Firefox Security

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Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a "critical" hole in the browser's security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE's level).

http://gizmodo.com/5383413/shady-microsoft-plugin-pokes-critical-hole-in-firefox-security