Firefox 8 will block third party add-ons by default

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Clouds on the horizon for Symantec support guys. Get ready!

 

Then next time existing users upgrade Firefox they should be presented with a list of add-ons they have installed where they can choose to disable them. By default add-ons from third-parties which may have been installed without the users' knowledge will be disabled. This replaces the compatibility wizard for that one time upgrade, subsequent upgrades use the compatibility wizard still.

 

Yes, that includes the Norton Toolbar and the IPS add-on.

Also, this.

And bonus:

A blog by a Mozilla developer.

Some Norton “safe search” toolbar, and Symantec IPS, whatever that is.

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The Symantec add-ons (including the ugly Norton toolbar) were present and enabled.  I had to disable them in about:addons;  I wanted to completely uninstall them but I couldn’t, the “uninstall” button just wasn’t present.