Here's what I found, and found quite disturbing.
- In Forefox's URL bar type "about:config"
- Search for "trend"
- The variable "extensions.enabledItems" comes up with the following:
{"name":"winreg-app-global","addons":{"{22C7F6C6-8D67-4534-92B5-529A0EC09405}":{"descriptor":"C:\\Program Files\\Trend Micro\\AMSP\\Module\\20004\\1.5.1464\\6.6.1081\\firefoxextension","mtime":1317136224332}}}
So I went to 'C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\AMSP\Module\20004\1.5.1464\6.6.1081\firefoxextension' and found the file "install.rdf" and opened it in Notepad2.
<RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#">
<Description about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest">
<!-- Required Items -->
<em:id>{22C7F6C6-8D67-4534-92B5-529A0EC09405}</em:id>
<em:name>Trend Micro NSC Firefox Extension</em:name>
<em:version>6.5.0.1234</em:version>
<em:type>2</em:type>
<em:targetApplication>
<Description>
<em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id> <!-- firefox -->
<em:minVersion>2.0</em:minVersion>
<em:maxVersion>3.6.*</em:maxVersion>
</Description>
</em:targetApplication>
<!-- Optional Items -->
<em:creator>Trend Micro</em:creator>
<em:description>Check the safety of websites, hyperlinks, and wireless network connections.</em:description>
<em:homepageURL>http://www.trendsecure.com/</em:homepageURL>
</Description>
</RDF>
So is what I did was remove the section from the "extensions.enabledItems" and saved that and closed Firefox. I then renamed the "Firefoxextension" folder to "Firefoxextension.JUNK". Note: I had to exit/close the Trend Micro program to do this because it has files within this opened. I restarted Trend Micro and opened Firefox. Low and behold the Extentioin is STILL THERE.
I find this pretty desturbing. If people don't have a supported browser version then the extention should be uninstallable. Some of us like to keep our computers generally clutter free by removing unused or unneeded programs.
