http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users
Apparently the latest update of NoScript overwrites some AdBlock Plus codes and adds NoScript to the whitelist for ads to show up.
It suddenly has become malware. You can read the comments/reviews on Digg and Mozilla:
http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722#reviews
Full Version: NoScript Users Beware (MALWARE)
This was troubling and interesting. It looks like it has been resolved for now. Thanks for keeping us informed.
Yup, it's fixed in NoScript 1.9.2.6:
QUOTE
Why such a tight release schedule? Version 1.9.2.6 automatically and permanently removes the cotroversial NoScript Development Support Filterset deployed with NoScript 1.9.2.4.
I sincerely apologize with ABP users. Even though information about its presence and how to remove it in two clicks was given on the AMO install page, on this site's install page, on this very release note page and in the FAQ, not including a prompt asking for explicit permission beforehand from the start has been a very bad omission, and I want all the ABP users who felt betrayed to know how much I'm sorry for that. As a sign of good will and repent, current NoScript 1.9.2.6 completely removes the ABP filterset on startup with no questions asked. Thanks for your patience.
-- Giorgio
I sincerely apologize with ABP users. Even though information about its presence and how to remove it in two clicks was given on the AMO install page, on this site's install page, on this very release note page and in the FAQ, not including a prompt asking for explicit permission beforehand from the start has been a very bad omission, and I want all the ABP users who felt betrayed to know how much I'm sorry for that. As a sign of good will and repent, current NoScript 1.9.2.6 completely removes the ABP filterset on startup with no questions asked. Thanks for your patience.
-- Giorgio
The NoScript author's apology:
http://hackademix.net/2009/05/04/dear-adbl...illa-community/
http://hackademix.net/2009/05/04/dear-adbl...illa-community/
There's been a few incidents like this with open source projects recently (sneaky malware).
QUOTE (BlueTDimly @ 5-4-09, 8:39am) 
There's been a few incidents like this with open source projects recently (sneaky malware).
which ones?
QUOTE (dasnufus @ 5-4-09, 8:15pm)
QUOTE (BlueTDimly @ 5-4-09, 8:39am)
There's been a few incidents like this with open source projects recently (sneaky malware).
which ones?
I'd like to know which ones, too. There might be some that I'm using.
QUOTE (Miranda @ 5-5-09, 2:31pm)
I'd like to know which ones, too. There might be some that I'm using.
PDFCreator was the recent notable one that I found. I seem to recall at least one other recently, but can't for the life of me remember what it was.
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