Moderators hazelnut Posted February 7, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 7, 2010 Info here http://news.cnet.com/security/ (link not working) Have stolen Marmite's link from post 10 as the above one now points elsewhere http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/ma...fox_extensions/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 7, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 7, 2010 You'd think they'd scan everything when it was submitted - just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 They do scan things. But it seems it's not enough. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted February 7, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 7, 2010 That's a damn good link hazel, particularly as we are getting quite a few instances of Firefox users not being able to properly close Firefox down. This can be caused by a malicious Trojan. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox.exe_always_open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 That's a damn good link hazel, particularly as we are getting quite a few instances of Firefox users not being able to properly close Firefox down. This can be caused by a malicious Trojan. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox.exe_always_open It's a pain in the ass one. A friend had it. I did suggest to a user not long ago to check for that for being the cause of FF taking long to close http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=26322&hl= They never got back No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abu aufa Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Info here http://news.cnet.com/security/ For stable and security reason, I've never used Experimental Add-On. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 8, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2010 Call me paranoid but I've never just installed any Firefox add-ons straight from their website. I instead right click on the install link to download them, then malware scan them, then drag them onto the open Firefox window to install them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Info here http://news.cnet.com/security/ On an OT note, why is it seemingly every site on the planet now is adding a pointless Facebook style toolbar at the bottom. And just in case that alone didn't annoy you half of them pop up some pointless balloon message to say "Welcome to my brilliant website", or some such rubbish, covering part of the page. *Rant mode off* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Call me paranoid but I've never just installed any Firefox add-ons straight from their website. I instead right click on the install link to download them, then malware scan them, then drag them onto the open Firefox window to install them. It's sensible. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 More info here ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/ma...fox_extensions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 8, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2010 On an OT note, why is it seemingly every site on the planet now is adding a pointless Facebook style toolbar at the bottom. And just in case that alone didn't annoy you half of them pop up some pointless balloon message to say "Welcome to my brilliant website", or some such rubbish, covering part of the page. I've noticed that myself, in particular the annoyance of the Facebook stuff which seems more like an advert embedded into sites has prompted me to block it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Continue OT: Facebook has all but got rid of the floating toolbar at the bottom, only thing left there is the chat floating. note: if you still have the full bar then your account hasn't updated yet. fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Continue OT:Facebook has all but got rid of the floating toolbar at the bottom, only thing left there is the chat floating. note: if you still have the full bar then your account hasn't updated yet. Oh great, so the one site I actually use it is getting rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Urgh, nothing worse then background music and annoying welcomes. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Continue OT:Facebook has all but got rid of the floating toolbar at the bottom, only thing left there is the chat floating. note: if you still have the full bar then your account hasn't updated yet. Oh my Facebook page has now updated, I really really like it. So much more intuitive and easy to use. *Sarcasm off* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 The Sothink thing was a FP : http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7220 Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 10, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2010 The Sothink thing was a FP :http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7220 I don't use it but that's good to know. It's been on the add-ons site for such a long time now and with all the different anti-malware people use someone would've been bound to report it long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abu aufa Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 The Sothink thing was a FP :http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7220 more here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/11/fi...on_false_alarm/ - oops Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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