To see which plug-ins you have running on your Firefox browser, and which of those need to be updated head to This will be updated with every version of the browser and player. They are blocking older versions of the flash plug in however as they have outdated security patches. The only plug in that Firefox will automatically load for all sites is the latest current version of Flash Player by Adobe, which is used by so many sites that it would prove a usability issue for the end user. Mozilla are calling it the ‘Click to Play' system. Java browser exploits have become such a serious issue that Firefox have disabled Java plug ins completely.Ĭoates said “This change will help increase Firefox performance and stability, and provide significant security benefits, while at the same time providing more control over plug-ins to our users.”įuture versions of Firefox will ask users to approve each instance when a plug in is called into action.

By simply browsing a corrupted website it is possible to get infected immediately. Dozens of them have been designed against Flash, Adobe Reader and Java browser plug ins. The move will certainly cut down on the number of browser exploits affecting Firefox. He added that “poorly designed third party plugins are the No.1 cause of crashes in Firefox and can severely degrade a user's experience on the Web.” Michael Coates, Mozilla director of security assurance spoke out in a blog posting “One of the most common exploitation vectors against users is drive-by exploitation of vulnerable plug-ins.” Firefox maker Mozilla have announced that the browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default.

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