What is this "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" addon in FF 3.5.4 in Karmic

What is this "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" addon in FF 3.5.4 in Karmic On recently upgraded machines (Jaunty->Karmic) and newly installed Karmic machines (they come with FireFox 3.5.4 I believe) I am noticing this "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" add-on. What exactly is this add-on? What does it do? Are there any bad effects of disabling it? And finally, how to purge this from the system.
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"That extension has been part of Ubuntu's Firefox for a while, or so I thought. I've seen it as early as intrepid. As others have said, it's simply to allow extensions to come in through the Ubuntu repos.

Disabling it will have no ill effects on your system.

To remove it, remove the ubufox package."