Extensions.blocklist.enabled

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is extensions.blocklist.enabled.

This article describes the preference extensions.blocklist.enabled. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 True
- 2.2 False
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs
6 Related preferences
7 External links

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Background

While Firefox’s extension system is arguably the browser’s most powerful feature, it can also be a vector for malware. With Firefox 2.0, specific extensions can be blacklisted from a central server (by default, addons.mozilla.org). This preference determines whether or not Firefox will periodically retrieve a blocklist from the server specified in extensions.blocklist.url.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

Enable the extension blacklist. Retrieve the list from the server specified in extensions.blocklist.url at the interval specified in extensions.blocklist.interval. If blacklisted extensions are already installed, disable them, and prevent blacklisted extensions from being installed in the future. (Default)

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