[tor-bugs] #2118 [Tor bundles/installation]: AVG Security Toolbar installs itself to Firefox.

Thu Oct 28 02:39:59 UTC 2010

#2118: AVG Security Toolbar installs itself to Firefox.
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |       Owner:  erinn        
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  accepted     
 Priority:  major                     |   Milestone:               
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |     Version:  Tor: 0.2.1.26
 Keywords:                            |      Parent:               
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Comment(by erinn):

 There is a pref for extensions.enabledScopes which we can set in the
 prefs.js that might fix this. According to the Mozilla developers, if we
 set it to 5 it should sufficiently limit the scope and stop picking up
 system. See:

 http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ident?i=PREF_EM_ENABLED_SCOPES
 http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
 central/source/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm#1013

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