11 Most Wanted Tools To Lifeguard Your Mozilla Firefox
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The web is a dangerous place for those who are not aware of the traps. It is like a jungle full of traps set by poachers (in our case hackers) and they are waiting to trap a cherubic creature. Here we will show you the traps set by hackers, and teach how to work around it and turn you in from a deer in to a conniving wolf! These are some essential tools for securing your Firefox. All of these tools work by disabling JavaScript and Flash, sniffing out suspicious sites, foiling phishing, preventing peeks at private data, and preparing powerful passwords!
NoScript 1.9.9.14: http://noscript.net
This software has scripted its way in to stardom. The winner of the “2006 PC World World Class Award”, this is an ultimate tool for your Firefox. Designed by Giorgio Maone , this has a trusted domains list, and only these sites are allowed to run JavaScript, Java and other executable content. You can also create a guarding; i.e set a “trust boundaries” for a site against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) and Clickjacking attempts. This is acheived by integrating unique ClearClick technology in to NoScript. These are preemptive strategies to prevent yourself from getting entrapped in one of the internet traps and upgrade your security at no cost or loss of functionality. With NoScript, your firefox is as good as the White House.
McAfee Site Advisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/windows.html
A free software from McAfee which is a Firefox plugin. The Site Advisor works is reticent, with only signalling according to the website you visit. A green light, if the website is safe. A yellow light, if it is suspected. A red if it sure of threat. Accordingly you can take action. This color coding is applicable to search results and it conveniently appears right next to the result so that you can make the smart decision. The Site Advisor relies on a database compiled by user feedbacks, hence it is update and if it is not; you can chip in.
NetCraft Toolbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1326
NetCraft is an excellent toolbar that works well with Firefox even if you other security addons like Site Advisor. The Netcraft is a good firewall, but left alone is inadequate to meet your security needs. The Netcraft is good against the general anti phishing scams but if it is convoluted, then Netcraft has a high probability of not detecting it. The toolbar along with LinkScanner Pro or Site Advisor will make a lethal combo to address your Firefox security requirements.
Clear Private Data + 0.2.3: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1280
This is an upgrade addon for the Mozilla’s inbuilt Clear Private Data function. It makes the features more accessible with a simple right click. You can also enable an optional toolbar.
PasswordMaker 1.7.3: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/469
How many passwords do we have? We all have N number of passwords and most of us have one password as the common one. So if that gets hacked, then we loose our digital identity. Fearing the worst, we choose different passwords, which cause more problems because you have to remember different ones. The solution? PasswordMaker is the software to manage to passwords. It can manage all of your online passwords and also generate uncrackable passwords. It can also auto fill webforms, making the slough registration process a thing of past. Now if you ask what if some one bugs PasswordMaker? Well, in reality it nevers stores passwords. It generates them by calculation each time hence no way any one can get their hands on your passwords. Indeed, One Password To Rule Them All!
FormFox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1579
Every time you fill in a form, how sure are you that is going where you are assuming to go? Personal Information misuse if one of the favorite pass-times of recreant miscreants. The FormFox Addon extension traces where the information is going. From your searches to your credit card transactions, the Form fox will swing in to action as soon as you hit the Submit button.
TrashMe.net: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1813
Spams are usually considered as innocuous mails which tend to irritate. You are wrong! Some times spams might be as harmful as an malware. It is very important to filter and identify those messages. Even though all the mail clients come with spam filters, these are usually generic. A addon like TrashMe.net will give you the promontory; the edge to stay on top this mess. These spam mails that do get through the filter are usually somehow connected to your email id as you might have filled a form or subscribed to some content. The TrashMe.net creates a fake email id so that you can conveniently subscribe to the content with these email ids that you can get rid of any time!
Petname Tool: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/957
Sometimes you might stumble on to fake website that might look identical to the orginal one itself and might get fooled. How can you avoid these traps? All good websites have cryptographic identifiers for retaining their identity. The Petname tool keeps track of these very same identifiers. It attaches remainder notes your entries. Before the exchange of sensitive information commences, the petname tool checks for cryptographic identifiers. If it sums up right, then it allows the website to get the data otherwise prevents the data exchange!
Message Level Authentication: http://www.messagelevel.com/firefox
This addon with your generic addons can completely protect you from spams. It authenticates mail by assaying your messages network. It keeps a Mail Reputation, which is based on what type of mails you receive from a user. Thus, by using this method it can selectively scan for unreliable mail for spams or identify if the user sending the mail is outside the network of the MLA user. It also an addon that can even allow you to track the exact geographic location of your senders!
SafeHistory: http://www.safehistory.com/
While as deleting history might be prove to be an onerous task for you as it slows down your browsing experience, there is another way to work around this problem. You can hide the history from the prying hackers using SafeHistory addon. It also checks for cookies as well as the sites you are logging to to determine if you have a history about the site. In case you do, it traces and analyzes all of your previous accesses and conforms it to your privacy level.
FoxTor: http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/foxtor/
When you browse through internet, you leave a trail that any hacker can follow. In the path, the hacker will also gain information that you seek to protect. The FoxTor addon helps hide your trail on the internet. It provides anonymous web browsing using encrypted TOR network. The TOR network is known for greater privacy legacy. There are two modes to this browsing: “Masked” and “Unmasked” metaphor. If you are using “Masked” the website you log to will not be able to access your information and vice versa in the “Unmasked” mode.
The web is a dangerous place for those who are not aware of the traps. It is like a jungle full of traps set by poachers (in our case hackers) and they are waiting to trap a cherubic creature. Here we will show you the traps set by hackers, and teach how to work around it and turn you in from a deer in to a conniving wolf! These are some essential tools for securing your Firefox. All of these tools work by disabling JavaScript and Flash, sniffing out suspicious sites, foiling phishing, preventing peeks at private data, and preparing powerful passwords!
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NoScript
This software has scripted its way in to stardom. The winner of the “2006 PC World World Class Award”, this is an ultimate tool for your Firefox. Designed by Giorgio Maone , this has a trusted domains list, and only these sites are allowed to run JavaScript, Java and other executable content. You can also create a guarding; i.e set a “trust boundaries” for a site against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) and Clickjacking attempts. This is acheived by integrating unique ClearClick technology in to NoScript. These are preemptive strategies to prevent yourself from getting entrapped in one of the internet traps and upgrade your security at no cost or loss of functionality. With NoScript, your firefox is as good as the White House.
McAfee Site Advisor
A free software from McAfee which is a Firefox plugin. The Site Advisor works is reticent, with only signalling according to the website you visit. A green light, if the website is safe. A yellow light, if it is suspected. A red if it sure of threat. Accordingly you can take action. This color coding is applicable to search results and it conveniently appears right next to the result so that you can make the smart decision. The Site Advisor relies on a database compiled by user feedbacks, hence it is update and if it is not; you can chip in.
NetCraft Toolbar
NetCraft is an excellent toolbar that works well with Firefox even if you other security addons like Site Advisor. The Netcraft is a good firewall, but left alone is inadequate to meet your security needs. The Netcraft is good against the general anti phishing scams but if it is convoluted, then Netcraft has a high probability of not detecting it. The toolbar along with LinkScanner Pro or Site Advisor will make a lethal combo to address your Firefox security requirements.
Clear Private Data
This is an upgrade addon for the Mozilla’s inbuilt Clear Private Data function. It makes the features more accessible with a simple right click. You can also enable an optional toolbar.
PasswordMaker
How many passwords do we have? We all have N number of passwords and most of us have one password as the common one. So if that gets hacked, then we loose our digital identity. Fearing the worst, we choose different passwords, which cause more problems because you have to remember different ones. The solution? PasswordMaker is the software to manage to passwords. It can manage all of your online passwords and also generate uncrackable passwords. It can also auto fill webforms, making the slough registration process a thing of past. Now if you ask what if some one bugs PasswordMaker? Well, in reality it nevers stores passwords. It generates them by calculation each time hence no way any one can get their hands on your passwords. Indeed, One Password To Rule Them All!
FormFox
Every time you fill in a form, how sure are you that is going where you are assuming to go? Personal Information misuse if one of the favorite pass-times of recreant miscreants. The FormFox Addon extension traces where the information is going. From your searches to your credit card transactions, the Form fox will swing in to action as soon as you hit the Submit button.
TrashMail.net
Spams are usually considered as innocuous mails which tend to irritate. You are wrong! Some times spams might be as harmful as an malware. It is very important to filter and identify those messages. Even though all the mail clients come with spam filters, these are usually generic. A addon like TrashMail.net will give you the promontory; the edge to stay on top this mess. These spam mails that do get through the filter are usually somehow connected to your email id as you might have filled a form or subscribed to some content. The TrashMail.net creates a fake email id so that you can conveniently subscribe to the content with these email ids that you can get rid of any time!
Petname Tool
Sometimes you might stumble on to fake website that might look identical to the orginal one itself and might get fooled. How can you avoid these traps? All good websites have cryptographic identifiers for retaining their identity. The Petname tool keeps track of these very same identifiers. It attaches remainder notes your entries. Before the exchange of sensitive information commences, the petname tool checks for cryptographic identifiers. If it sums up right, then it allows the website to get the data otherwise prevents the data exchange!
Message Level Authentication
This addon with your generic addons can completely protect you from spams. It authenticates mail by assaying your messages network. It keeps a Mail Reputation, which is based on what type of mails you receive from a user. Thus, by using this method it can selectively scan for unreliable mail for spams or identify if the user sending the mail is outside the network of the MLA user. It also an addon that can even allow you to track the exact geographic location of your senders!
SafeHistory
While as deleting history might be prove to be an onerous task for you as it slows down your browsing experience, there is another way to work around this problem. You can hide the history from the prying hackers using SafeHistory addon. It also checks for cookies as well as the sites you are logging to to determine if you have a history about the site. In case you do, it traces and analyzes all of your previous accesses and conforms it to your privacy level.
FoxTor
When you browse through internet, you leave a trail that any hacker can follow. In the path, the hacker will also gain information that you seek to protect. The FoxTor addon helps hide your trail on the internet. It provides anonymous web browsing using encrypted TOR network. The TOR network is known for greater privacy legacy. There are two modes to this browsing: “Masked” and “Unmasked” metaphor. If you are using “Masked” the website you log to will not be able to access your information and vice versa in the “Unmasked” mode.
