Do not allow 3rd party add-ons or extensions that cannot be disabled or removed in Thunderbird

[Bill_]

What I am suggesting, seeking, is:  Thunderbird should disallow add-ons that can neither be disabled or removed by the user.

Background:

Bitdefender, a well known antivirus vendor, has decided that I need their "anti-spam toolbar", whether I want it or not.  They installed it into my Thunderbird installation without my knowledge.  The toolbar adds no functionality that I need or want, that isn't already provided by Thunderbird itself.

The worst part of it is: the user cannot disable or remove their toolbar via Thunderbird's add-ons manager.  If I disable the toolbar in Thunderbird's add-ons manager, it's automatically reactivated by closing and restarting Thunderbird.  When I contacted Bitdefender's support they indicated that this was intentional -- i.e., preventing the user from disabling or removing their toolbar.

[Jon]

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[Progress2000]

This is a temporary fix of the Bitdefender Toolbar. It works for me.

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/93701/remove-anti-spam-toolbar-in-thunderbird

[Bill_]

Thanks Progress2000 for posting that workaround.