Why plugins installed without my consent? And why is it so hard to remove completely? Example: Ubisofts Uplay plugin

Recently, I noticed I have a few plugins installed in my Firefox I didn't even know I had. I remember accepting MS Silverlight and Adobe Flash, but I do not always say Yes at the update of Google and the two versions plugins Ubisofts Uplay. One that I now have disableled and made me write this complaint. I guess that these got plugins installed in Firefox when I installed the related programs. But I never warned that this situation occurs. I didn't even know I had the first plugin installed Uplay who had a big security hole. Who is now disabled by defalt on your side. I have something better to do that in order to check what plugins are installed as if by magic on Firefox.

My question is why some plugins installed without Firefox notifies the user that it has been changed? In my opinion a browser should not make changes without notification to the end-user, and Firefox should not trust that other programs to do this.

A small related question is why there is no good way to remove a plugin it completely from firefox? Why is there no button I can click that it clears as if it were on addons. I don't want to risk plugins activate again when updates to firefox, or I have reinstall. When your support suggestion will have to manually change the registry then it is clearly not good enough.

Firefox does not offer an easy way to uninstall plugins because they are not part of Firefox, but there are other applications installed. Firefox uses only the plugins it detects are installed on your computer, which may include plugins like Silverlight or Adobe Flash that you consent to install as well as other browser plugins that are included with other software, such as QuickTime (included with QuickTime Player) plugin or the plugin Google Update (included with various Google applications). You can visit the Plugin Check page at http://www.mozilla.com/plugincheck/ to see what plugins are installed on your computer that are detected by Firefox. This page should include links to the plugin provider. In turn, do a Google search will find more information, such as http://www.ghacks.net/2012/07/17/current-version-of-the-google-update-plugin-how-to-remove/

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