Firefox has declared war on phishing and the Firefox community is its army!!!
There were many who criticized Mozilla Firefox for pretending to encourage profit mongering in the guise of cooperation. The release of Mozilla Firefox version 2.0 will act as a slap on the face of all the critics of Mozilla Firefox.
In Mozilla Firefox version 2.0, the user will have the advantage of an inbuilt anti phishing feature. What this anti phishing feature does is that it prevents the Firefox web browser from loading any website known to Mozilla Firefox as a suspect website.
After the euphoria dies down, the most obvious question that will come up in the minds of the users of Mozilla Firefox is- How does Mozilla Firefox know which website is a suspect website?? How can we be sure of the fact that Mozilla Firefox has got it right?
The answer to this question is very simple. Mozilla Firefox will be depending on all the users of Mozilla Firefox web browser to reveal all phishing websites.
A user of Mozilla Firefox will recognize the stroke of genius in this move. Mozilla Firefox has once again empowered the user by giving him the opportunity to make the Internet a safer place. Mozilla Firefox is merely acting as the instrument in the hands of all the surfers of the Internet who want to make the Internet a better place.
Many of Firefox users will create a complete folder of websites involved in phishing activities. In this anti phishing feature, each and every member of the Firefox community can add to its success. The main beliefs of shared cooperation for common benefit will preside over this activity of the Firefox community as well.
Mozilla Firefox, which is an open source web browser and toolkit, is not only fast and easy but also very safe to use much more than the Internet Explorer, which has less safety features. This is because Mozilla Firefox is not integrated with Windows and this helps to block hackers and viruses from causing damage to the system.
You can now safely visit any number of websites, as Firefox makes sure to block all unwanted intrusions, which can be potentially harmful.
There are two technologies namely VB Script and Active X which have been the cause of many security lapses on the Internet Explorer. Since Mozilla Firefox does not support the technologies you can have complete control over the cookies and thus save your system.
Since there are many developers and programmers working round the clock on Mozilla Firefox it has become the best and safest web browsing software application today. Anyone having knowledge of programming can easily incorporate changes, which make Mozilla Firefox safer and more secure as the source code of Mozilla Firefox has been released and can be accessed by anyone.
The Phishing Protection helps you safeguard all your vital information and identity. This is found in Firefox 2. Mozilla Firefox makes sure that you are immediately alerted when visiting such sites thus saving you from great harm. This way it makes sure you only visit safe websites on the net thus making internet surfing a joy.
There may be times when you would like to erase all your private data when you close a program. By clicking on the Settings button you are prompted to choose which data you would like saved on your computer and which you want deleted. This security feature makes it highly safe for users who are sharing systems and need to maintain their privacy.
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