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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by wnevets on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:11AM (#13644509)
> enjoy the exploits that your browser downloads and runs in the background by clicking every ad! :-D

this just comes off as FUD, do you have a code example of this?

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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by stephenr on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:16AM (#13644554)
Ad Networks are well known to be common targets for malware distributing shit bags.
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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by wnevets on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:18AM (#13644565)
Absolutely but that doesn't automatically mean the firefox plugin is vulnerable to such malware.
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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by stephenr on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:27AM (#13644674)
The plugin makes your browser "click" the links, no?

It's running in your browser, it's as vulnerable as if you clicked on every single ad you see, no?

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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by wnevets on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @12:09PM (#13645051)
Not if the plugin is able to run the request in some sort of sandboxed environment.
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