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 ...

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: ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mozilla is aware of a security vulnerability in the current version of Java (Java 7 Update 10) that is being actively exploited and affects any browser using the Java plugin. Firefox users may be ...

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 ...

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.

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.” ...

Some Java problems may be resolved by updating to the Java Embedding Plugin (JEP) 0.9.5 b (JavaEmbeddingPlugin.bundle and MRJPlugin.plugin).

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 ...