Originally posted by: bersl2
This thread has shown that some people don't get it.
Yes, advertisers are beginning to find ways around the blocker. Yes, it's being worked on. But you should use Adblock anyway.
And there is NO SPYWARE yet for Firefox that has broken the mechanisms in place to protect the user. How does it install itself? ActiveX? Can't. XPI file? Only XPIs from mozilla.org are installable by default.
FUD FUD FUD FUD, quoth the troll.
Originally posted by: Azzy64
Originally posted by: bersl2
This thread has shown that some people don't get it.
Yes, advertisers are beginning to find ways around the blocker. Yes, it's being worked on. But you should use Adblock anyway.
And there is NO SPYWARE yet for Firefox that has broken the mechanisms in place to protect the user. How does it install itself? ActiveX? Can't. XPI file? Only XPIs from mozilla.org are installable by default.
FUD FUD FUD FUD, quoth the troll.
firefox 1.0 has exploits that can install stuff without user knowlege...
What exploit is it? Is it the Sun Java one (although that has a user prompt I think)?firefox 1.0 has exploits that can install stuff without user knowlege...
Yeah, it does. I personally disagree with the secretive approach of hiding discovered exploits until a release is ready, but then again, even if they did release security updates ASAP, there are lusers like my roommate, who doesn't even see the update notification by the throbber.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Yeah, it does. I personally disagree with the secretive approach of hiding discovered exploits until a release is ready, but then again, even if they did release security updates ASAP, there are lusers like my roommate, who doesn't even see the update notification by the throbber.
Quick aside here - ok, so the little update thingy popped up for me once, but I didn't click on it right away. How do I find out what it said now? Where's the "Update" section in Firefox? I only know of the Update button in the Extensions window, with the annoying "feature" of making you click Update for every single extension - it doesn't check them all at once.
OP - try Firefox 1.01? I get a popup maybe once a week on Firefox.
Originally posted by: LuDaCriS66
great set of adblock filters here
http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/
Originally posted by: Robor
Originally posted by: LuDaCriS66
great set of adblock filters here
http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/
Thanks! :thumbsup:
Originally posted by: lnguyen
i got some pop unders... didn't notice them for a while until i closed firefox.
Originally posted by: bersl2
This thread has shown that some people don't get it.
Yes, advertisers are beginning to find ways around the blocker. Yes, it's being worked on. But you should use Adblock anyway.
And there is NO SPYWARE yet for Firefox that has broken the mechanisms in place to protect the user. How does it install itself? ActiveX? Can't. XPI file? Only XPIs from mozilla.org are installable by default.
FUD FUD FUD FUD, quoth the troll.
Originally posted by: feelingshorter
Originally posted by: bersl2
This thread has shown that some people don't get it.
Yes, advertisers are beginning to find ways around the blocker. Yes, it's being worked on. But you should use Adblock anyway.
And there is NO SPYWARE yet for Firefox that has broken the mechanisms in place to protect the user. How does it install itself? ActiveX? Can't. XPI file? Only XPIs from mozilla.org are installable by default.
FUD FUD FUD FUD, quoth the troll.
wronge, there is adware that CAN get around IE/Firefox. Try installing bearshare or anything else with adware (not spyware).
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Where's the "Update" section in Firefox? I only know of the Update button in the Extensions window, with the annoying "feature" of making you click Update for every single extension - it doesn't check them all at once.