The Firefox blocklist has rarely been used to disable plug-ins from big software vendors like Oracle, but precedents do exist. In October 2009, Mozilla decided to add Microsoft’s Windows ...

In October 2009, Mozilla decided to add Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in to the Firefox blocklist after Microsoft revealed that it had a vulnerability.

Mozilla can add extensions or plug-ins to the Firefox add-on blocklist if they cause significant security or performance issues.

Click To Play also allows users to enable the Java plugin on a per-site basis if they absolutely need the Java plugin for the site. This feature is available as of Firefox 17. It looks like this: ...

To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox’s blocklist.

Mozilla is disabling older versions of the Java Deployment Toolkit plugin for Firefox users, in a bid to block attacks against a newly-discovered Java security hole that attackers have been ...

When I was checking my Macs for the Flashback malware last week (see “How to Detect and Protect Against Updated Flashback Malware,” 5 April 2012), I ran into something odd with Firefox. Mozilla’s plug ...

In a post to Mozilla’s Firefox Add-Ons blog, Mozilla channel manager Kev Needham said the vulnerability “is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users.” ...

The steps are simple: click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP), click Add-ons, click on the Plugins panel, click on the Java (TM) Platform plugin, and click on the Disable button.

I've upgraded to Firefox 0.9, and I've been trying to get all the extensions and plugins I might need to make it fully functional. For the most part it's fine, but for some reason I can't get some ...

Java problems, solutions As alluded to in the above section, a number of users are having problems with Java content after in Firefox 1.5.