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Are firefox addons a threat?

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Are firefox addons a threat?

Sep 28th, 2009

I installed the Firefox addon search status 1.3 to see the page rank of the pages I visit. Later the day i noticed 5 or 6 names on my toolbar just like shortcuts. When i tried to right click it new tabs opened with pages. Are these addons dangerous?

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Re: Are firefox addons a threat?

Sep 29th, 2009

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Originally Posted by virtualmisc

I installed the Firefox addon search status 1.3 to see the page rank of the pages I visit. Later the day i noticed 5 or 6 names on my toolbar just like shortcuts. When i tried to right click it new tabs opened with pages. Are these addons dangerous?

Possibly; it would depend on the source of the addon.

I have only ever used addons from mozilla.org after reading the reviews, and so far so good.

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Re: Are firefox addons a threat?

Sep 30th, 2009

If you're concerned you can download these 2 add-ons for Firefox for more safe surfing;

http://www.siteadvisor.de/download/windows.html

http://www.browserdefender.com/downl...ex/version/ff/

I use both and they're free.

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I don't think search status 1.3 caused this problem. This add-on rates 5 stars on firefox site. Of course, some 3rd part add-ons might cause security problems.

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