Firefox Security

I, like many people, use Firefox to do all my browsing. And I really enjoy it. One of the best features of firefox, in my opinion, is the customizability. Extentions allow you to add a lot to your internet experience, security one of the chief things amung these. Since this is a blog about the internet, I thought I would comment a little on internet security. In my wanderings I found a blog listing what that author considers the most useful security extentions.

http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/02/14/top-9-security-extensions-for-firefox/

He lists several which will make your browsing experience safer. One of these extensions is McAfee site advisor. It really is a useful addition to firefox, and easy to use. Mostly you just let it sit there, and if a problem page comes up it will turn yellow or red. It allows you the option of gathering more information from the site advisor website. For example, here is what it says about blogger. Contrast that to what it says about Kazaa. Well, take it from me, site advisor knows what it is talking about. I installed Kazaa the other day (ignoring the advice from siteadvisor) and it was a huge headache. It installed so much spy/adware that I spent three hours trying to get rid of it with various programs and even now I'm not sure I got it all. Great time, right? In the end I should have listened to siteadvisor. So to bring it back to my point, that list I linked to is a good one, and siteadvisor is particularly useful to use.