Spyware in Firefox?

Vitalsecurity.org has an interesting report of a potential spyware/adware infestation that directly attacks Firefox users, using the Sun Java Virtual Machine as its installation engine. (In the comments, a security expert from the Mozilla Foundation notes that this exploit could attack Opera users as well.)

I’ll look at this in more detail when I get back in the office.

One Response to Spyware in Firefox?

  • Well, I think it’s true, after installing the JRE for using some applet on Firefox ny antivirous detected some abnormal movement in a jar. Dunno if those are related but it was the only way of intrusion

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