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

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#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 cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:2 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

 Adding the line -- user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 5); -- to the
 default prefs.js file in a freshly downloaded Tor IM Browser Bundle 1.3.12
 did NOT prevent the AVG Security Toolbar from attaching to Firefox
 Portable. I checked and the prefs.js file that FF creates on first run was
 successfully created with that line. Erinn suggested other values for
 extensions.enabledScopes, as well as exploring methods of controlling
 extension loading.

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