Nothing to do with security but everything to do with privacy and
security, I recently installed "Disconnect" in Firefox.
<https://disconnect.me/disconnect/help> Just loading my Firefox home
page (Google news) so I could get the disconnect link to post it here
Disconnect told me (with its teeny-tiny counter) that it blocked 176
requests for tracking data. If nothing else, feeding all those tracking
sites costs you browser performance.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/5/2014 2:54 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Thanks, Moose. I just added Adblock Plus to Firefox, and it seems to
help. I will see how it looks over the next couple of days.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/4/2014 11:04 PM, Moose wrote:
On 5/4/2014 6:16 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Chuck, I have been using Firefox 28 in most cases, but I need to
check to see that I have all of the proper protection blocks
checked. I switched to IE today, and it seems a little better.
In the first day or two that I had the new computer, I visited some
free photoshop plugin sites that I had used with the last XP machine,
and tried to download the appropriate 64-bit plugins. In the
process, along with all of the pop-up offers that appeared, I let
some stuff get downloaded. I signed up for Reimage, and have used it
twice to rid the machine of the worst offenders, but a few remain.
Today, pop-ups appeared with the LUG gallery, with no way to close
them without enabling a download.
All told, I try to close all offers of free or recommended
downloads. I had one yesterday that appeared to be a normal
suggestion from Firefox, and it was loaded with problem software.
Do you use a pop-up blocker in FireFox? Adblock Plus has been doing a
good job for me for a long time.
No Pops Up Moose
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