Hi,

You can try to Enable it in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons, if it has been disabled. You can also try updating AVG or the Linkscanner.

Linkscanner

It appears that AVG Safe Search is incompatible with Firefox 13.0.1, according to the Plug-In manager. When I updated Firefox, it did say that it disabled AVG Safe Search, at a point in the update that did not permit me to back out. This happened the last time I updated Firefox, showing the incompatibility, but with the help of the good people on the internet, there was a work around that was successful. No such luck this time - hence the call out for suggestions. Thanks dumdidadida.

I do hope there is a workaround this time too. From the above link, some of the posts mention that AVG updated the Linkscanner via the AVG antivirus product, or in the case of the standalone product, via the AVG website after a few days of the previous Firefox releases. So AVG may push an update for this new release too.

I contacted the AVG Support group about the compatibility issue concerning AVG SafeSearch & Linkscanner with Firefox 13.0.1. Without hesitation, they replied that they were aware of the incompatibility and were working on a solution, that when issued, it would come in the form of a future Update to AVG. The timeline for the fix has not yet been determined. Their only suggestion for the time being was to revert to an earlier issue of Firefox.

Thanks for the update. Please also note that there are other developments.

Dumdidadida, I thought AVG Secure Search, that I went to via your reply, would be a good bet as it looked a lot like Linkscanner. However, when I went to Download it (Free), it seems as if my only 2 options were to make Secure Search my Home page and/or make Secure Search my default Search Engine. I like my existing Home page and am a dedicated user of Google. I canceled the Download and will wait for an AVG Update. Thanks for the suggestion however.

Maybe someone should politely remind AVG that Firefox is on a six week rapid release cycle. IIRC Norton had similar problems, but revised their work so that they worked for compatibility on the Beta Release, and so had working upgrades available for Firefox Releases.

Previous releases of Firefox are not secure, so suggesting users stay on old releases does not seem a good solution.

John99, I agree with you entirely. That's why I elected not to revert. I didn't get the sense that AVG was too concerned about the fix, although they assured me they knew about the incompatibility.

Some other thoughts on this subject

• is Linkscanner a great loss
  • Firefox already provides some protection against phishing and fake sites
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/security/#secure
  • There are probably other acceptable methods of checking up on any single specific site that may be considered suspicious. Quite a few security related sites offer reports on potentially problematic sites

I'm not a big computer guy, and I guess there are a number of ways to bypass the use of LInkscanner with another utility. I just have gotten used to seeing those reassuring check marks as I search. Without them, I feel as if I'm leaving home without my cell phone. I'll check the links out you supplied anyhow. Thanks John99 again.

By the way the Firefox articles I linked to include a further link that was intended as a working demo of the antiphishing process in action, that broke a while ago.

The process still works but the test does not and no one at Mozilla has bothered to fix the test or remove the link.