Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware

[Reed Loden <reed () reedloden com>]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:43:32 +0200
Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:

> FlashGot Firefox plugin, a long-time download assistant, now acts like 
> spyware.
>
> It gives you recommendations IN Google search to another search site, 
> according to your searches.

Just to confirm, you're referring to FlashGot, as in
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220 and
http://flashgot.net, correct?

There's also FlashGet (http://www.flashget.com), which is something
completely different. The two get confused a lot, so just
double-checking before I start poking some folks about your report.

Note that you're always welcome to notify our add-ons team directly
concerning such reports using the contact information at
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/policies/contact, or
if you want to contact the Mozilla Security Group specifically, you can
e-mail security () mozilla org. We definitely want to do everything in our
power to ensure our users are kept secure and their privacy protected.

~reed
Mozilla Security Group

-- 
Reed Loden - <reed () reedloden com>

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