Microsoft to hi-jack Firefox & Chrome for bad sites ?

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TheVisitor
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Microsoft to hi-jack Firefox & Chrome for bad sites ?

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https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-r ... nd-firefox

Looks like one extension I'm not interested in. Hopefully it won't be one of those 'forced on us' type things.
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Want to bet you will have to Opt out? Hopefully you will get a warning from Firefox about the extension trying to install
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Re: Microsoft to hi-jack Firefox & Chrome for bad sites ?

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hopefully you can disable it.
wont it slow down the browser if you keep it enabled ?
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Re: Microsoft to hi-jack Firefox & Chrome for bad sites ?

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finally they take care a bit more, nevertheless its like any antivirus extension it possible could cause more failure. i will disable it.
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