Holy Firefox Sqlite!!!

[Blaine Fleming]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> Anyone notice that in your:
>
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/vdt4357z.default 
>
> Directory there is a file(s) that start with:
>
> urlclassifier3.sqlite   (various names)
>
> Some of these files are huge (like 53mb)
>
> I deleted them all on a whim the other day and within a day the above file 
> came back at   53mb.
>
> I really don't think these things are necessary....  i.e.  why in heck are 
> they so big and what are they doing with them?
>
> Anyone have a clue

This file contains the malware/phishing URL's mostly from Google's Safe 
Browsing service.  You can delete this file but it will be recreated and 
will grow again.  If you purge it then Firefox will not be able to tell 
what is a malicious URL.  Unless you are hurting for disk space, I don't 
recommend deleting it.

--Blaine