{"id":219,"date":"2010-02-05T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T19:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/?p=219"},"modified":"2010-02-11T23:17:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T06:17:19","slug":"security-issues-with-two-experimental-add-ons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2010\/02\/05\/security-issues-with-two-experimental-add-ons\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Issues With Two Experimental Add-Ons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Important Note:<\/strong> One of the malware results has been verified to be a false positive.\u00a0 Further details are available here: <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/09\/update-on-the-amo-security-issue\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/09\/update-on-the-amo-security-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/09\/update-on-the-amo-security-issue\/<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Original blog entry follows below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two add-ons in the experimental section of addons.mozilla.org were found to be containing malware.\u00a0 These were not originally detected with the anti-malware scanning tools that we have been using.\u00a0 We have since increased the number of scanning tools, and will be taking additional steps to minimize the risk of further incidents.\u00a0 Full details of the issue and recommended mitigation steps are here on the AMO blog:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/04\/please-read-security-issue-on-amo\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/04\/please-read-security-issue-on-amo\/\">http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/04\/please-read-security-issue-on-amo\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Note: One of the malware results has been verified to be a false positive.\u00a0 Further details are available here: http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/09\/update-on-the-amo-security-issue\/ Original blog entry follows below. 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