Firefox supports small programs, or plug-ins, that add extra functionality to the browser. These programs are called Add-ons. These programs can add a myriad of features ranging from a new toolbar ...

Starting with Firefox 8, Mozilla will automatically block browser add-ons installed by other software until users approve them, a company product manager announced yesterday. Software-bundled add-ons ...

The misbehaving Firefox add-ons were misusing an API that controls how Firefox connects to the internet. Mozilla’s Firefox team has blocked add-ons that were abusing the proxy API in order to prevent ...

a major update in 2020, and many old add-ons that had not passed the review of addons.mozilla.org (AMO) were no longer available. However, in August 2023, Mozilla announced that ``AMO will begin ...

If you want to enable or disable add-ons in Private Mode on the Firefox browser, then this post will guide you. You can turn on a particular installed add-on to be ...

An expired certificate on the Mozilla Add-ons infrastructure is disabling Firefox add-ons for millions of users, and is also preventing users from re-activating or (re-)installing extensions. The ...

After noting some third-party applications secretly install add-ons to the Firefox Web browser, Mozilla is taking steps to give users more control over the add-ons. Mozilla said two new features, ...

Wouldn't it be nice if you could click one link and have all your favorite add-ons automatically installed on a new copy of Firefox? Mozilla makes it so with Collections, the newest feature of a ...

Mozilla blocked malicious Firefox add-ons installed by roughly 455,000 users after discovering in early June that they were abusing the proxy API to block Firefox updates. The add-ons (named Bypass ...

We've always known that installing a lot of add-ons can slow down your browser, but Mozilla's now telling us just how much. Here's a look at, generally, how much an add-on will slow you down, and some ...

What just happened? Mozilla's security blog announced this week that it discovered some add-ons were acting maliciously and that it decided to block them. The company estimates some 455,000 users ...