According to a Firefox Development blog, Microsoft’s .NET Framework Assistant and Windows Presentation Foundation add-ons to Firefox would be removed from the block list. It should be automatically re-enabled for most users. Enterprise users will have to wait for a patch to unblock the Windows Presentation Foundation as well.
The .NET Framework Assistant caused quite a stir when it was introduced earlier in this year, not because it did anything grand, mind you, but because it was installed without permission and was difficult to remove: An annoyance that most computer users took as personal offense; as an invasion of their privacy because Microsoft feels safe in assuming that they can modify your end-user experience regardless of what software you choose simply because you are using the Windows operating system.
Most users were left wondering what, exactly, this program did, and just who it reported your .NET statistics to judging by the 753 comments worth of nerd rage on the original Slashdot article.
