[Gllug] Unasked for plugin "installed"

[NorthLondon John]

On 3 Oct 2004, at 18:15, Ian Norton wrote:

> Hiya,
>
> I just had this using my windows mozilla firefox (downloaded 
> yesterday).
>
> It came up asking if I wanted to install a content advisor plugin, 
> with a yes
> or no option, Your wife must have clicked cancel if you cant find any 
> trace of
> it,
>
> Ian
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 10:34:53PM +0100, M.Blackmore wrote:
>> On my wifes computer just a few minutes ago a link brought up an
>> unexpected window saying a plugin "content adviser" summat or other 
>> had
>> been installed into Mozilla 1.6...

Any idea what the plugin was, or where it came from?
This sounds a bit like the spammers, virii-writers and rip-off 
merchants have latched on to moz.

John

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