Browsing Protection by F-Secure (Sense 18.2)

JOnes

Mozilla Firefox: 98.01 win 10 64bit

F-Secure Sense: 18.2

Browsing Protection by F-Secure has been blocked for your protection.

Why was it blocked?

This add-on violates Mozilla's Add-on Policies.

This add-on violates Mozilla's add-on policies by executing remote code and insufficient user data handling and protections.

What does this mean?

The problematic add-on or plugin will be automatically disabled and no longer usable.

When Mozilla becomes aware of add-ons, plugins, or other third-party software that seriously compromises Firefox security, stability, or performance and meets certain criteria, the software may be blocked from general use. For more information, please read this support article.

Versions blocked: 0 to 4.0.52.

Blocked on Mar 18, 2022.

Taui

What to do when Firefox blocks F-Secure browsing protection? I got the same message as above in Finnish.

Joni91

https://community.f-secure.com/fi/discussion/comment/129156#Comment_129156

Since it is Mozilla blocking F-secure's add-on we can only wait for F-secure do something about it. I understood that F-secure broke Mozilla's TOS and that's why it is blocked now.

[Deleted User]

Hi all,

Here´s a more detailed answer from our SAFE PC Team regarding the issue:

https://community.f-secure.com/en/discussion/125056/browsing-protection-add-on-not-working-on-mozilla-firefox