Google, Yahoo, Facebook Extensions Put Millions of Firefox Users At Risk

[thecoalman]

Firefox browser users love the myriad of third-party extensions that tweak the open-source browser's performance, but some of the most popular of those extensions have created a security hole so wide even a newbie AOL hacker could find it and millions of Firefox users are at risk of having their browsers hijacked.

Third party extensions including the widely used toolbars from Google, Yahoo, Ask, Facebook, LinkedIn, as well as social bookmark extension from Del.icio.us and two anti-hacking add-ons, the Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar and the PhishTank SiteChecker all put users at risk of having their browser infected with malicious code.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/google_yahoo_fa.html

[Marvingj]

Pays to have a Excellent Anti-Virus & Anti-Spy software.........AVG in the House!!!

[thecoalman]

I'm no expert but it doesn't appear anti-virus would work. It also requires a unprotected wireless connection. Ironically two of the apps listed in the article are ant-phishing extensions.

[BJ_M]

was fixed in version 2.0.0.2 already and further fixes/security patch were just posted tonight ... though third party extensions are outside FF control

[Poppa_Meth]

One more reason not to install a bunch of junk toolbars.