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31-May-2009, 10:02 AM #1
Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension.

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They must have received many complaints as they will be issuing an update to activate the uninstall button at some point. It might be best to wait for that rather than trying the manual uninstall, which may be risky for the average user.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707
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Old news, too.
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Just another reason not to use MS. They thought they owned my PC, along with sony.
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They must have received many complaints as they will be issuing an update to activate the uninstall button at some point. It might be best to wait for that rather than trying the manual uninstall, which may be risky for the average user.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707
It's here Update to .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for the .NET Framework Assistant 1.0 for Firefox

Works on mine!
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