Adobe Flash 10.2.* and lower are now Click-to-Play
As part of a larger effort to put users in control of their plugins, we have enabled Click-to-Play on old versions of the Adobe Flash Player plugin. For versions 10.2.* … Read more
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Blocklisting malicious Codec add-ons
A group of malicious add-ons going by various names like Codec, Codec-C and Codec-M have been added to the add-on blocklist. This is a new type of block that covers … Read more
Auto-updating Language Packs on AMO
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the localization community, Firefox has been translated to an impressive array of languages. You can find the list of available translations on the Firefox … Read more
Themes on AMO
Personas has officially joined the Themes family on AMO! The renaming is finally complete, and we’d like to thank you for your patience. People looking for ways to change the … Read more
Protecting Users Against Java Vulnerability
As explained on this post in the Mozilla Security Blog, all versions of the Java plugin are vulnerable to a security bug that could compromise users’ systems. Because of this, … Read more
Improving performance with static themes
In order to accommodate various screen resolutions and header heights, themes (formerly Personas) require very large image files. Header images need to be 3000 x 200 px and footer images … Read more
Java 7 Update 7 Blocked
Jata 7 Update 7 is vulnerable to a critical security bug that could lead attackers to compromise the user’s system through the Java plugin. The vulnerability is currently being exploited, … Read more
Firefox 17 Compatibility Update
Firefox 17 was released yesterday, and there a couple of notable compatibility issues that have surfaced and are worth pointing out. Tab Mix Plus currently incompatible The popular Tab Mix … Read more
Click-to-play plugin blocks coming in Firefox 17
Firefox 17, coming out today on Beta, introduces a new solution for dealing with vulnerable or outdated plugins. Plugins that are blocked with the click-to-play flag will not load by … Read more