I recently had to have my computer rebuilt due to a virus. I now have Mozilla Firefox with ABP and noticed that Mozilla has a built-in phishing and virus program. Do I need an additional anti-virus program and if so, which one works best with Firefox?
I recently had to have my computer rebuilt due to a virus. I now have Mozilla Firefox with ABP and see that Firefox has a built-in phishing and virus program. Do I need an additional anti-malware program? If so, which one works best with Firefox? Seems the more you put on these things the more trouble you have.
Réiteach roghnaithe
The anti-phishing and malware protection that Firefox uses checks against a list of sites that have been reported to contain some form of malware, and then warns you. Firefox itself does not scan any files to see if they contain malware/viruses. You still need some form of anti-virus and anti-malware protection. You should also use a firewall.
As to what is best, you are likely to get many different answers, that is one topic that generates a lot of discussion. A product that one person loves will be hated by somebody else. I use Microsoft Security Essentials along with the Windows firewall.
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Réiteach Roghnaithe
The anti-phishing and malware protection that Firefox uses checks against a list of sites that have been reported to contain some form of malware, and then warns you. Firefox itself does not scan any files to see if they contain malware/viruses. You still need some form of anti-virus and anti-malware protection. You should also use a firewall.
As to what is best, you are likely to get many different answers, that is one topic that generates a lot of discussion. A product that one person loves will be hated by somebody else. I use Microsoft Security Essentials along with the Windows firewall.
I have it, too, Mozilla with ABP. My nightmare is called ´ads served by Netbits.´When I use Mozilla and Mozilla only, Netbits blows upp all over the page I requested with advertisement. I have; Microsofy security essentials, Spy botts, Spywareblaster, Hijack this and Ad Aware running and Netbits is still all over the place... I tried un install Mozilla, removed every possible Mozilla related map before re installing a new version of Mozilla - no improvement. I´m so sick and tired of this Netbits crap. The only thing I haven´t tried to get rid of Netbits on my PC is to nuke it... Netbits seems to sneak in with temp files. Can anyone PLEASE help me with this. Thanx!!!
Have no fear Jono is here everyone, I have found the solution to all of your problems with those REALLY annoying pop ups- if you would like to stop them then download the add-on flashblock this should stop all of the pop ups you are getting. Hope this helped XP... Jono