Cannot remove GoPhotoIt 1.4 or Torrent Handler 1.1 from my Firefox Extensions list.
I have tried to identify where these programs reside on my computer (Mac running OS X 10.9.1). Looked in library, looked everywhere. These seems to be some suggestion that there are malware/key loggers and this needs to be authoritatively determined and the Firefox user community advised.
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Hello, Can you please try these two articles and try the option to manually delete a plugin's details
Please try and post back if you are able to delete the offending plugins.
Thank you
Hello MitchGuthman, did you see also in /Library/Application Support/ ?
check in :
- /Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Extensions/<appid>/
or
- ~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Extensions/<appid>/
see for more info : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Installing_extensions?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Installing_extensions
thank you
I have tried all of these and more. I have explored the hidden files and deleted every file related to Firefox as completely as possible. I then reinstalled Firefox but the extensions are still there (still greyed out but residing on my drive and perhaps still up to no good).
I have tried everything that's been suggested by you and ideato. These things don't seem to want to die. The fact that they're so resilient is very troubling.
If you are inclined to continue digging, you could query the database file that stores information on extensions. Here's how:
(1) Install the SQLite Manager extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/
(2) Open the extension from its new item on the Tools menu. If it pops up a dialog to open a particular database, cancel that and just continue to the add-on.
(3) From the toolbar, click the (Select Profile Database) button and choose extensions.sqlite then click Go to open it.
(4) On the right side, click the Execute SQL tab and paste the following query, then click the Run SQL button:
SELECT locale.name, addon.id, addon.type, addon.descriptor AS Path, addon.location FROM addon LEFT JOIN locale on addon.defaultLocale = locale.id WHERE addon.location != "app-profile"
(ignore the forum's insertion of links into the query, you just want the text of it)
You should see a short list showing any extensions installed outside your profile folder. Can you find the physical location of the problem extensions this way?