More crap Microsoft sneaks into Firefox without asking

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:08 pm

I was just checking my workbench/LAN party rig and found all these plugins installed without my permission (Tools -> Addons -> Plugins):

Microsoft Office 2003 plugin
Microsoft DRM
Silverlight Plugin (and I have never installed Silverlight on this PC)
Windows Media Player Dynamic Plugin library
Windows Presentation Foundation

All disabled now. I have no need of Windows Media Player in Firefox (or at all actually). I have no idea where the Silverlight plugin came from since I never use it.

FYI: There are only two plugins installed by Firefox in a fresh install are Java and the Mozilla Default Plugin. The only other requied one would be for the Flash player.

Shadow250 · Post by **Shadow250** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:20 pm

yeah i found the drm thing in mine. dunno where it came from.

mtg · Post by **mtg** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:42 pm

me too stupid microsoft

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:34 pm

Silverlight is a Microsoft program. It is used as a player for some websites. I believe ESPN is one of those sites.

I don't install Microsoft programs, as I found OpenOffice to be just as useful as Microsoft Office.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:28 pm

Never even looked into this part of add-on's, but I have the following:

Java Deployment Toolkit 6.0.1.40.8
Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U12 6.0.120.4
Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U14 6.0.140.9
Microsoft Office 2003 11.0.8161.0 (I have disabled it)
Microsoft DRM 9.0.0.4503
Microsoft dRM 9.0.0.4503 (disabled both, but don't know why I have it listed twice)
Mozilla Default Plug-in 1.0.0.15
Picasa 3.1.0.0 (this is a google app that I installed)
QuickTime Plug-in 7.3.1
RealPlayer Version Plugin 6.0.11.300
RealPlayer(tm) G2 LIveConnect-Enabled Plug In (32bit)
Shockwave Flash 10.0.22.87
Shockwave for Director 10.2.0.22
VLC Multimedia Plug in 0.9.9.0
Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library 3.0.2.629
Windows Presentation Foundation 3.3.30729.1

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:45 pm

Anything you don't think you need, disable. I don't want any unnecessary crap running so I tend to check this occasionally and keep it tuned.

I have the following enabled:

- IE Tab plugin
- Java Deployment kit
- Java Playform
- LogMeIn
- Mozilla Default Plugin
- Shockwave Flash

I have these disabled:
- Microsoft Office 2003 plugin for Netscape Navigator
- Photodex presenter (part of a DVD authoring app I use - no idea why it would install a Firefox plugin)
- Yahoo Active-X Plugin Bridge (I think this got snuck in when I used to have Yahoo Widgets installed)