Firefox version 3.6.8 on Ubuntu 10.04

[Karl Larsen]

On 08/16/2010 04:24 AM, James Hogarth wrote:
>>>>          
>>> Edit>Preferences>Security>Warn me when sites try to install add-ons....
>>>        

         This is on Firefox, not your computer.

73 Karl




>>>        
>> To quote from the FF help for the 'Warn me when sites try to install
>> add-ons' on that dialog
>>
>> 'Warn me when sites try to install add-ons: Firefox will always ask
>> you to confirm installations of add-ons.
>>      
> Note it says *always*
>
>    
>> To prevent unrequested
>> installation prompts which may lead to accidental installations,
>> Firefox warns you when a website tries to install an add-on and blocks
>> the installation prompt.
>>      
> So if this is ticked and firefox doesn't know the site it will block
> the installation box from even appearing with a warning.
>
>    
>> To allow installations from a specific site,
>> click Exceptions..., enter the site name, and click Allow. Uncheck
>> this optionpreference to disable the warning for all sites.'
>>
>>      
> If you want a box from a site (such as addons.mozilla.org) have it in
> the exceptions so that installation boxes appear.
>
> Unchecking the box removes this warning for all sites.
>
>
>
> Looks perfectly clear to me... and as tested just now with it
> unchecked the install box appears with the usual 3 second countdown
> before you can click install.... so the user would still have to
> confirm the installation of the extension and it won't just 'install
> itself via javascript' as a previous respondent suggested as possible.
>
> James
>
>    


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