On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:47:04 -0700 Daniel Frey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/17/2015 04:49 PM, walt wrote: > > I get a certificate verification error when visiting > > https://www.att.com using firefox-36.0, but not when using > > chrome-41.0.2272.76. > > > > Anyone else see the same with firefox-36? FWIW, I don't see an error with firefox-36.0.1 and nss-3.17.4 > > BTW, I tried the latest firefox in a Win7 virtual machine and I was > > shocked to see that firefox was updating itself when I was logged in > > as an unprivileged user (i.e. *not* an Administrator). Are the > > idiots at M$ *really* that stupid? They've learned nothing, > > apparently, since Win 95 :( > > Remove the 'Mozilla Maintenance Service' from Programs & Features (or > whatever it's called) and it won't auto update. Mozilla installs a > privileged service that auto updates its software. It will still auto-update, but it won't do so silently -- without the service, automagic updates will trigger Windows' warning prompt. To just turn off autoupdate, there's a checkbox in the Firefox GUI.
