The Firefox Web browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default, Firefox maker Mozilla announced yesterday (Jan. 29). "One of the most common exploitation vectors ...

Following Google's lead, Mozilla has decided to deactivate most of the browser plug-ins used in Firefox. In the latest version of Firefox Aurora, almost all of the plug-ins have been disabled with the ...

As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox. Mozilla is testing the page, which pings the company servers, then returns a list of plug-ins, noting ...

Mozilla developers are working on a new Firefox feature that will block the automated display of plug-in-based content like Flash videos, Java applets or PDF files, and will protect users from attacks ...

Plugins downloaded for use with Firefox will no longer be activated by default in order to reduce crashes, security problems and hang-ups in the browser. On Tuesday, Benjamin Smedberg, Engineering ...

The Firefox Web browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default, Firefox maker Mozilla announced. "One of the most common exploitation vectors against users is ...

The Aurora test version of Firefox won't load browser plug-ins, such as Silverlight and QuickTime, unless the user grants permission. Flash is the exception. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...