Re: TW Firefox 151.0.4 - pushing World Cup Widget Ads to users??

Am 17.06.26 um 03:44 schrieb David C Rankin:
> All, Devs,
> 
>    What on earth is going on with firefox in openSUSE? I updated TW 
> today to 20260615 and immediately upon switching to the newtab page I'm 
> hit with an ad for a World Cup widget that will automatically be 
> installed if I restart firefox. What on earth is going on with openSUSE 
> firefox?
> 
>    Searching a bit in the registry I run across new entries in 
> about:config at:
> 
> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.sports.worldCup.matchesEndpoint
> 
> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.sports.worldCup.teamsEndpoint
> 
>    Both are set to URLs similar to:
> 
> https://merino.services.mozilla.com/api/v1/wcs/teams
> 
>    Don't we sanitize firefox so the disto packages don't put out ads? 
> It's just tacky.

Good Morning,

I don’t think the update is the cause. I’m using the same version and 
don’t have those entries.
Perhaps they’re coming from an add-on or an infected website Iyou have 
visited.

Greetings
Herbert