Thaanks, I like reading about the addons people use. I haven't taken advantage of many, although I love FireFTP for managing my website. Mark www.sandmarks.net On 3/6/2010 4:55 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 09:42:49PM -0800, Craig Jungers wrote: > >> If you use Firefox for your browser (and, trust me, you should.... or any >> browser other than the MS version of Internet Explorer that probably came on >> your computer) you know that there is a plethora (literally) of "plug-ins" >> available for that browser. You can change everything if you want to; or >> nothing. But there are a few that you should consider. >> > I (among other security experts) have been telling people for many years > that using IE is suicidal. It doesn't matter how careful you are, it > doesn't matter how many anti-virus band-aids you use, it doesn't matter > which content-sanitizing proxies you use, your system *will* be compromised. > This is why "using IE" is a termination offense at a growing number of > companies/organizations: it's incredibly dangerous and thus very stupid. > Sadly, there are many supposed "security pros" who number themselves > members of my profession and have a string of laughably worthless > "certifications" after their names who haven't caught on to what the > rest of us have known for many years. It's embarrassing, frankly. > > I recommend Firefox as the best-available alternative, with nods to > Safari, Opera and others, because it's not possible to do worse than IE. > And I have a set of plug-ins/extensions that I recommend as well: > > 1. AdBlock Plus > > This makes nearly all banner ads go away. Given that banner ads > are highly annoying, this is welcome. Given that they're being > increasingly used to distribute malware, it's becoming necessary. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Mar 06 2010 - 08:38:36 PST
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