Firefox 3 - Security Features

The latest of upgrade Firefox has given some nice new features. However, the annoying things, I think are the most important. That is the security aspect of Firefox 3. I welcome the security additions especially in light of the higher gas prices which mean more people will be doing more stuff on the internet.

Left click on the favicon in the address of Firefox3. A box will show up that will give infomaton about the website.

Malware Protection: malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, and other programs that see to take your personal information unwillingly.

Firefox now automatically checks add-on and plugin versions and will disable older, insecure versions. Secure add-on updates: to improve add-on update security, add-ons that provide updates in an insecure manner will be disabled. Anti-virus integration: Firefox will inform anti-virus software when downloading executables.