QA/Firefox3.6/TestPlan:DLL Blocklisting:3rd-party
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This list contains 3rd party tools from the top100 list of favorite applications which store modules inside the components folder.
Sources:
- CNET Download.com - Most popular Windows downloads
- Tucows - Windows free and shareware
- Soft32.com - Free Windows software
- Heise - Top100 Windows software
- addons.mozilla.org - Popular plugins
Application | Installs Add-on | DLL/js/other in compdir? | Action | Comments |
AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 Free Edition | yes | Security Toolbar and Save Search via registry | ||
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus | n/a | |||
Avast Home Edition - Free Antivirus | n/a | |||
Avast Professional Edition | n/a | |||
Advanced SystemCare Free | n/a | |||
Ad-Aware Free Anti-Malware | n/a | |||
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware | n/a | |||
YouTube Downloader | yes | Dealio Toolbar Plugin and Search settings Plugin (global extension folder) | ||
LimeWire | yes | Java Quick Starter (global extension folder) | ||
WinRAR (32-bit) | n/a | |||
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter | n/a | |||
FreeZ Online TV | n/a | |||
FrostWire | n/a | |||
Orbit Downloader | n/a | |||
DivX7 | n/a | |||
Foxit Reader | no | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | AskSearch.js [Ask Toolbar?] (components folder - not removed with deinstallation) |
Team Viewer | n/a | |||
Camfrog Video Chat | n/a | |||
GOM Media Player | no | yes | AskHPRFF.js [Ask Toolbar] (components folder) | |
VLC Media Player | n/a | |||
RealPlayer SP | no | yes | No action needed. xpt files aren't impacted, RealPlayer is otherwise a normal NPAPI plugin (user-disable-friendly). | RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin via registry but nppl3260.xpt, nsJSRealPlayerPlugin.xpt (components folder), |
Gary Utilities | partly | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | AskSearch.js [Ask Toolbar] (components folder - not removed with deinstallation) |
BitComet | partly | yes | No action needed. XPT files aren't impacted. | BitComet Video Downloader (profile extension folder) but nsIBitCometAgent.xpt (components folder - not removed with deinstallation) |
FLV Player | n/a | |||
PrimoPDF | n/a | |||
Adobe Reader | yes | Adobe Download Manager (profile extension folder) | ||
Spybot Search & Destroy | n/a | |||
Internet Download Manager | yes | IDM CC via %appdata%/Idm | ||
Zone Alarm | n/a | |||
Zone Alarm Extreme Security Forcefield (Licensed) | yes | (Extension1=C:\Program Files\CheckPoint\ZAForceField\TrustChecker) | ||
Flash Player | n/a | |||
Download Accelerator Plus | partly | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | "Download Accelerator Plus Integration" and "Speedbit Video Downloader" via 3rd-party installation folder but a2ffxtbr.jar [Ask Toolbar] (chrome folder of Firefox) |
uTorrent | no | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | AskHPRFF.js [Ask Homepage Reset] (components folder) |
Spyware Doctor | n/a | |||
Windows Live Messenger | n/a | |||
Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition | n/a | |||
Quicktime Player | no | nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt (components folder) | ||
Google Desktop | no | yes | In contact with Google to determine impact. | GoogleDesktopMozilla.dll, GoogleDesktopMozillaStub.xpt, and GoogleDesktopMozillaStub.js (components folder) |
MSN Manager | n/a | |||
Java SE Runtime Environment | yes | Java Quick Starter (application folder) | ||
Sygate Personal Firewall | n/a | |||
Google Voice and Video chat | no | |||
Adobe Shockwave | n/a | |||
Windows Media Player Plugin | n/a | |||
Yahoo Messenger | n/a | |||
Free Download Manager | yes | "Free Download Manager Plugin" (3rd party installation folder) | ||
GetGo Download Manager | partly | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | "GetGo Mozilla Module" (application folder) but AskHPRFF.js [Ask Toolbar] (components folder) |
FlashCatch | yes | "FlashCatch" (3rd party installation folder) | ||
1-click YouTube downloader | n/a | |||
GetRight | n/a | |||
VDownloader | no | yes | No action needed. This is bad behaviour, and compdir lockdown will turn it off. | AskHPRFF.js [Ask Toolbar] (components folder) |
SpyWare Blaster | n/a | |||
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 | n/a | |||
Firetune for Firefox | n/a | |||
Daemon Tools | yes | "Daemon Tools Toolbar (profiles folder) | ||
PDF-Creator | n/a | |||
Norton 360 Version 3.0 | yes | "Norton IPS" and "Norton Toolbar" (%appdata%\norton) - both not compatible with Firefox 3.5.5 |