Does firefox/mozilla test add ons, plug ins and extensions

I am really new to all of add ons, plug ins, etc. I am wondering if these get tested or do you just let anyone submit add ons, plug ins, etc. without knowing they could contain a virus or bug. I don't want to download some add on only to find it just sent me a virus. How do we know they're safe?

Sorry that you had a bad experience with a Firefox add-on, but it's not clear to me whether you downloaded DoNotTrackMe from here - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/
or whether you got it from the '''abine''' website - http://www.abine.com/donottrackme.html
That makes a '''big''' difference because the version of that add-on which is hosted at AMO is not the same as '''adbine''' is providing at their website. I saved both versions to disk and opened the XPI package of both to inspect the install.rdf file; while the overall XPI file size appears to be the same there are major differences in the install.rdf file - the abine version has its own Update URL listed, where the version at AMO would be updated thru AMO as almost all add-ons hosted at AMO are updated.
Minor difference? Or one that allows '''abine''' to do what it wants after installation?

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