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Why does Firefox 3.6.17 open a "plug-in checker" tab every time i start it?

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tomwtexas
tomwtexas
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Recently, this behavior began. I have no interest in the "latest/greatest" plug-ins and would like to make this nag page stop!

Recently, this behavior began. I have no interest in the "latest/greatest" plug-ins and would like to make this nag page stop!

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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This problem is caused by an incorrect update to the blocklist.xml file.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663722
(Please don't comment in that Bug report, posted for viewing only.)

More information here. - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663676

You'll get a new blocklist.xml file automatically within 24 hours of this problem being fixed on the server. Firefox automatically looks for a new version of that file every 86400 seconds.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can fix this problem with forcing the file blocklist.xml to update.

That update will remove the severity="0" flags in the file that cause the problems.

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