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Agressive add-ons update announcements from Mozilla Firefox, how to get rid of that?

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I want to decide myself, when I would be interested in any update for an Add-on: now Mozilla Firefox shows to many times a availability of updates...excactly then, when I don't want that! How to prevent this or how to avoid?

This happened

A few times a week

== I first installed an Add-on

I want to decide myself, when I would be interested in any update for an Add-on: now Mozilla Firefox shows to many times a availability of updates...excactly then, when I don't want that! How to prevent this or how to avoid? == This happened == A few times a week == I first installed an Add-on

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cor-el
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Tools > Options > Advanced > Update: "Automatically check for updates": 

"Firefox"
"Installed Add-ons"
"Search Engines"