The download and installation of Firefox extension is done without any security threat whatsoever
The process of installation of any Mozilla Firefox extension is very simple.There is no need for the user of Mozilla Firefox to perform the installation process of the Firefox extension manually after downloading the same. All one has to do is start the download of the Mozilla Firefox extension.
Before the download process starts, the user will be asked whether he or she wants to go ahead with the installation of the Mozilla Firefox extension. Mozilla Firefox will also inform the user to ensure that the Mozilla Firefox extension is a safe one to use. Having given adequate warning to the user and sufficient opportunities to cancel the installation of a malicious Firefox extension on the computer, Mozilla Firefox goes ahead and installs the Firefox extension into the web browser.
Once the download of the Mozilla Firefox extension is completed, it is automatically installed in the computer. Once the installation of the Mozilla Firefox extension is complete, all the user has to do is to restart the web browsing software application at one’s convenience. The Firefox extension will be ready to use after the Firefox browser is restarted.
Mozilla Firefox has taken great pains to ensure that the process of downloading and installing Firefox extension is no different than the download and installation of any other software application. This ensures that the user of the web browsing software application feels comfortable in downloading and installing the Mozilla Firefox extension. Further, the intervention of the user of Mozilla Firefox is required only to initiate the download. Once the download process starts, the installation of the Firefox extension to the proper directories is automatically done.
If you thought of this process of installation of Mozilla Firefox extension was safe and that Firefox would have stopped there, then it is obvious you do not know about Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox has long been appreciated for considering the safety and security of the computer of the user of the web browsing software application as paramount. The installation process is so configured that no Mozilla Firefox extension will be allowed to be installed on the system unless the user instructs Mozilla Firefox that it is from a web site that the user trusts and that the Firefox extension being installed is from a trusted source.
If you were to go through the entire process of download and installation of the Firefox extension from the security point of view, you realize that the system is fool proof. The moment you click on the Firefox extension, you are informed that Mozilla Firefox has blocked the installation of the Firefox extension because the name of the web site was not on the list of trusted web sites. You are given the choice of adding the web site as a trusted web site.
Once the web site is added as a trusted web site, you have to click on the download link again and the process of download begins. As the process beings, a window pops up that asks you to verify whether the certificate of the Firefox extension is valid. To force the user to pay attention to this requirement, the Mozilla Firefox web browsing software application does not activate the ‘install’ button until a few seconds pass.
If you notice, the user of the web browsing software application is forced to place the safety and security of his computer at the top while installing the Firefox extension. When this process is compared to the download process of other web browsing software applications that show undue haste in downloading content from the internet, one understands why more and more because corporations and government agencies prefer Mozilla Firefox over other web browsers.
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