212eta Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 When installing Windows apps you should be cautious about what you agree to when you’re installing it.More and more apps are now trying to sneak in extra stuff like a toolbar or an extension that can beinstalled in your default browser (or every single browser you’ve got installed on your system),resulting in the browser behaving erratically.The extra stuff either changes the default search engine, injects ads,and can even manipulate search results.Chrome deals with it by alerting you when an extension is trying to makechanges to your browser’s settings and asks you if you want to allow the extension to do so.Firefox is in the process of introducing something similar.As of Firefox version 40, you can check if an installed add-on is ‘unsigned’ and with theUntrusted Add-on Switcher add-on for Firefox, you can enable/disableall unsigned extensions with one click.Automatically Disable Untrusted Add-ons In Firefox (addictivetips) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderpants Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is there a need for this if Firefox now uses signed addons?I though it disables unsigned addons automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 As of Firefox version 40, you can check if an installed add-on is ‘unsigned’and with the Untrusted Add-on Switcher add-on for Firefox,you can enable/disable all unsigned extensions with one click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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