[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in firefox-36.0?

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On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:47:04 -0700
Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> 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.