Is there an addon to block Firefox update notifications?

So Firefox has always been annoying when it comes to updates, and now it has a daily window that pops up unless I update, which will interrupt me if I'm playing a game, or watching a movie. I don't NEED to break my addons and there is no advantage for me to update, only disadvantages so I am wondering if there is an addon or plugin for Firefox 3 that will block update notifications.

''...I also know that these updates are for people who DON'T know what they are doing...''
Actually, that is not the full story. Malware is injected into reputable websites all the time, and can trigger software errors that allow automatic execution of attack code by infiltrating the host program's address space (e.g., buffer overflows). In the past, attacks have been launched through flaws in rendering of JPEGs, among other automatic browser behaviors. Windows 7's DEP can protect you from some of these attacks, but no one believes that DEP is foolproof.
I applaud you for being security conscious and actively minimizing your risk, but practicing cautious computing is not the same as having no risk.
Edit: I should add that I'm not trying to talk you out of what you want to do, but providing more complete information for others who read this thread in the future and might not be as savvy as you.

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Changing Firefox update notification behavior?

Hi!
There seem to be two kinds of Firefox update notifications -- the polite little box that appears in the upper right corner from time-to-time, and then the giant covers-what-you're-doing one that you need to click cancel on if you're in the middle of something and can't upgrade right that second (very annoying if you happen to be in the middle of working on something when it steals your mouse and keyboard focus!) I've noticed this for the last several Firefox versions and updates.
I think what I'm describing as "the polite little box" might be Firefox sending a message via libnotify, but I could be wrong.
The giant interrupts-what-you're-doing one has interrupted me at just the wrong moment and caused me lost work one too many times, and I have to turn it off (with one tool I regularly use, losing mouse focus in the middle of selecting an image region means you have to start over). However, I'd rather not lose update reminders all together, because I do appreciate knowing when there's a new release out that I should install. Is there some tweak in "about:config" that would let me turn off the big interrupts-what-you're-doing update notification, but keep the polite little one, or some other method to receive update notifications in a way that doesn't steal keyboard and mouse focus?

I do use Mozilla & other builds of Fierfox myself.
This forum is for support of Mozilla's Firefox.
On Windows Mozilla's Firefox may be set to Automatically update
* https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version#firefox:win7:fx35
On Linux things differ some what. Your install of Firefox would appear to be from your Linux distro (e.g. Canonical build if Ubuntu, rebranded as IceWeasel if Debian). It is possible to install Mozilla builds. See also.
* [[Install Firefox on Linux]]
* [[Update Firefox to the latest version]]
You should discuss this on your Linux support forum. What you see will depend on your distro, the Desktop Environment, and your package manager.

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Certainly, but not with external interface.
Have a look at the cookbooks. There are examples of how to use the root host object to call directly into extendscript.

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Hi, I don't know who to turn to: the person who handles all the compter stuff is out of town, This A.M.I started up Firefox and there was a message re an update, I thoght I new just to click on install and wait to re start Firefox. But what I can remember

Hi, I don't know who to turn to: the person who handles all the compter stuff is out of town, This A.M.I started up Firefox and there was a message re an update, I thoght I new just to click on install and wait to re start Firefox. But what I can remember is that another window opened and asked me to choose 'something' (an icon or banner or?), I thought I must click something (I guess I should read all clearly). Firefox did update to 3.6.4, but it also inserted some sort of what might be called a banner? But it only partly covers the right one- half of my 3 toolbars at the top of the Firefox window. It can't be used for anything as it is just a mess of colors and unknowns, except what looks like a 'top' and what I recognize as a Firefox icon (but only partly visible)!! Now, what it does do is partly hide that whole portion of the toolbars and they are hard to read and in turn make this 'thing' impossible to figure out, if I would care to? I can't find anyway to remove it or use it?? But since the Firefox icon is on it, I guess you should know what it is and how to trash it. I am sorry for this occurrence caused my my carelessness, but I'm not much of a computer person ----HELP! Thank you for any help. Judi
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Today, Thrsday June 24, 2010

The only thing I can imagine: it's a [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/personas/ Persona].
Tools->Add-ons->Themes
Here should be the persona (lightweight theme)
and a button "Remove"
Click it (button Remove), and it (Persona, this mix of colors) should go away instantly.
Does it help you?

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What is it that you are seeing. I think firefox only displays web pages, rather than popup adverts etc.
If you are talking about the new page seen when you update from an earlier version, that should only display the once. If yours displays continuously and repeatedly on startups then maybe something is blocking the required change.
* see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone <br/>& consider changing the preference manually

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Hello,
I am running XP pro-32 bit, with a Dell GX270 3Ghz processor.
I keep getting repeated clusters of Avast pop-ups (whether or not Firefox or any browser is open), that tell me that Avast has blocked me from going to a malicious website. Here is a typical Avast Infection notification:
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Infection: html:Iframe-inf
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Avast, Malwarebytes and Spybot scans find nothing. To see an array of specific specialized and sophisticated scan reports, and attempted fixes that have all failed to identify or fix this problem, below is a direct link to my (3 pg) thread on the bleepingcomputer.com forum (where my username is Daveinsk):
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic440353.html
I am hoping that you may be familiar with this problem, and/or its fix. Please help if you can.

Hi schützenkönig:
Many thanks for posting! As you can see, I made my initial post over a week ago, and since there were no responses, I thought perhaps I was the only one this was happening to!
In any event, disabling Protected Mode is the only way I've found to prevent the crashes from happening.
I posted about this on the mozillazine forum -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2551745&sid=7e877237158ffdc560789fb668c 858c0 -- but didn't get very far. Apparently, Firefox is blaming Adobe and has no plans to do anything about it. I was given some reassurance, however, by the comment that adblock plus offers protection from harmful flash content.
By the way, I made a follow on post when I downloaded the latest version of Flash Player -- 11.4.402.278 -- http://forums.adobe.com/message/4708561#4708561
Unfortunately, it did nothing to fix the problem.
Ortho_Fan

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