Need to permanently disable outdated plugin notification

I have an iMac G5 (PowerPC) running OS 10.5.8 with Firefox 3.6.28. I am constantly getting a yellow bar across the top of my browser for almost every web page, stating that "Some plugins used by this page" with a prompt to update my plugins. However, the plugins in question are '''the''' most up-to-date versions available for this browser for this operating system for this computer. This is very annoying.
Other than the obvious fix (buy an Intel-based Mac), how can I permanently disable this notification?

Type '''about:config''' and filter for <b>plugins.hide_infobar_for_outdated_plugin</b> and double-left-click or right-click and toggle this to '''true'''

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