Microsoft's Security Update, HUH!!!

It looks like another one of Microsoft "Security" Update has automatically installed the Java Console and  Microsoft .Net Framework as a Firefox Addon, again.   This happened back in 2009, but it appears to have happened somewhere around 3/7/2011. 



http://gizmodo.com/#!5383413

I usually install and run Mozilla FireFox and  include the following Addons:
"NoScript", IETab(optional), ImageZoom(optional), WOT (optional). 


I use Firefox and these addons because it's the best and most secure browsing experience I have found for the Windows environment WITHOUT a ton of other anti this and anti-that crowding my systems cpu, memory and drive resources.



 
Microsoft's update installs the .Net Framework which is just dangerous leaving your pc vulnerable to attacks.  It also installs the Addon called "The Java Console"... this is just as bad.   The whole point in installing NoScript is so that NO SCRIPT  runs unless you tell it to.  With The Java Console and .NET installed, anything runs that wants to.   Thanks for opening a security whole, Microshaft!


If you run Firefox, check to see if this has installed these addons:
Open Firefox
Go to Tools -> Addons
If you see something called "Java Console"  or Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant, then follow the instruction below to un-install this crap.

Uninstall the “Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant x.0″ add-on  and Java Console.  
1.        Hit “Start -› Run -› “regedit”  
2.        Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions“  
3.        Right click on the entry “{20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}” and delete it  
4.        Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins“  
5.        Right click on the subkey “@microsoft.com/WPF,version=3.5” and delete it  
6.        Open Firefox and enter “about:config” in the address bar 
            a.  Filter for “general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet”   If you don't see this, don't worry. Go on to #7.  If you do, highlight it and hit the [Delete] button. 
          b.  Filter for  “microsoft.CLR.clickonce.autolaunch”.  If you don't see this, don't worry. Go on to #7.  If you do, highlight it and hit the [Delete] button  
7.        Go to Firefox ->  Tools -> Addons.  Select the "Java Console" Addon.  Hit the Uninstall button.   Say yes to uninstall it.  
8.        Go to My Computer ->  “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation“  
9.        Rename the folder “DotNetAssistantExtension” to “DotNetAssistantExtensionOld” and the file NPWPF.dll to NPWPF.dll.old (you can delete the folder and the file later if you don’t encounter problems)  
10.        Restart Firefox (close it and open it back up).  Verify the two programs are gone by going to Tools ->; Addons.