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Memshrink Add-ons Testday

The following is a draft testplan for a testday to test the top-30 non-AMO add-ons with Memshrink. The goal is to identify add-on related memory issues in Firefox (see bug 771748).

Reference Documentation

Add-ons

In order of ADIs...

Add-on Where to get it
Microsoft .NET Assistant Windows Update or on AMO
Java Quick Starter Distributed with the Jave Runtime Environment
Skype Click to Call Distributed with Skype software
avast! WebRep Distributed with Avast! software
AVG Safe Search Distributed with AVG software
Yahoo! Toolbar Distributed by Yahoo.com or via AMO
Ask Toolbar Download from Ask.com
Babylon Toolbar Distributed with Babylon software
AVG Toolbar Distributed with AVG software
Norton IPS Distributed with Norton software
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin Distributed with RealPlayer software
HP Smart Web Printing Distributed with HP printer software
Kaspersky URL Advisor Distributed with Kaspersky software
Internet Download Manager (IDM) Download from internetdownloadmanager.com
Norton Toolbar Distributed with Norton software
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 Video Distributed with DivX software
DataMngr
Yandexbar Download from Yandex or on AMO
AVG Do Not Track Distributed with AVG software or download from AMO
SweetIM Toolbar Download from SweetIM.com
Kaspersky Virtual Keyboard Distributed with Kaspersky software
Спутник@Mail.Ru Download from http://mail.ru
McAfee SiteAdvisor Distributed with McAfee software
DVDVideoSoft Menu Download from http://dvdvideosoft.com/
Searchqu toolbar
Kaspersky Anti-banner Distributed with Kaspersky software
McAfee ScriptScan for Firefox Distributed with McAfee software
Widgi Toolbar Platform
Yontoo Download from http://www.yontoo.com/
Conduit Download from http://www.conduit.com/
DealPly Download from http://www.dealply.com/
Skype Toolbar Distributed with Skype software
Google Toolbar Discontinued by Google
Java Console Distributed with Java Runtime Environment
Search Helper Extension Distributed with Microsoft Software Update
Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF Distributed with Adobe Acrobat
Default Manager
IMinent Toolbar Download from http://iminent.ourtoolbar.com/

How to Test

  • Review the documentation about Zombie Compartments
  • Pick an add-on above to test
  • Install the add-on (or third-party software) in Firefox with a new profile
  • Use the add-on as it is intended and try to identify zombie compartments using the previously mentioned documentation as a guide
Tips
  • Test this in a VM if possible as some of these add-ons have been known to contain malware
  • Test each add-on one at a time and with a new profile
    • Windows: firefox.exe -P
    • Mac: firefox-bin -P
    • Linux: firefox -P

Results

Add your testing results below using the following template:

%AddonName%

Tested By: Your Name
Downloaded From URL
Firefox Version  %version%
OS Version Operating system name and version
Add-on Version  %version%
Testing Description of what you tested and how
Results Description of the results of your testing, what you discovered, and any zombie compartments listed
Bugs List of bugs using the bug ###### alias