How can I trust Firefox as a reliable web browser when you allow companys like Microsoft install plugins like Windows Presentation Foundation with out permissio

Microsoft had installed Windows Presentation Foundation without my permission and I smoking mad. This is bull crap I don't need. My web browser is personal to me and when companies stick their dirty little fingers in my computer without my permission it really PISS ME OFF. I don't kneed a web browser that allows this CRAP!!!!!

Hi,
The people who answer questions here, for the most part, are other Firefox users volunteering their time (like me), not Mozilla employees or Firefox developers.
If you want to leave feedback for Firefox developers, you can go to the Firefox ''Help'' menu and select ''Submit Feedback...'' or use [https://input.mozilla.org/feedback this link]. (You'll need to be on the latest version of Firefox to submit feedback). Your feedback gets collected at http://input.mozilla.org/, where a team of people read it and gather data about the most common issues.
Sorry!
Curtis

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