On 7/6/2017 4:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I'm running SeaMonkey v2.46 on a Windows 10 Pro 64 bit system with the > Creators Update version 1703 installed. > > This morning when I started SeaMonkey, it opened several tabs. Each one > said something like "SeaMonkey v2.46 would like to update your <plug-in > name> plug-in. Each of these mentioned a different plug-in. > > I was in a hurry and I generally do all updates manually wherever > possible. I did not click on anything in any of these tabs. I closed all > of them individually and then shut down SeaMonkey. > > When I re-started SeaMonkey, I immediately noticed that the PrefBar > plug-in was not running. I opened the add-ons manager and found that all > my installed plug-ins were disabled. > > I was able to turn the ones I wanted back on, and everything appears to > be running normally now. > > I have never seen anything like this from SeaMonkey before, and I found > it alarming. Did anyone else experience this? I'm wondering if it was a > legitimate request from SeaMonkey or if it was malware? Comments? > > John >
First of all, PrefBar is an extension, not a plugin. There are significant differences between the two. The Mozilla developers did a serious disservice to users when they decided to lump the two together under the term "add-on". You might have been the victim of some form of malware. -- David Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> President Trump now denies there are any tapes that recorded his conversations with ex-FBI Director Comey. Between when Trump hinted there might be such tapes and his denial, there was sufficient time to destroy any tapes. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
