This has been known about for some time, but the good news (yes) is that 
they've appeared to fix the biggest problem.
Though I still don't like what they've done, at least now you can 
disable/remove the add-on.
Tom
Dave wrote:
 Just read an interesting article, not really Linux, but another good
 reason to remove yourself from the control of M$
 
 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/ms_firefox_extension_row/
 
 
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