What is this toolbar crap?

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every page i click on i get this bs spyware thing trying to install on my PC, if i dont want it the first time it appears, why would i want it every time i browse a new page on the board?

Simple solution, get Firefox! It has a built in firewall and most spyware doesn't target it.

This site pays for itself by advertising. Unfortunately it's advertising of the worst sort with horrible pop-ups that often try to instal spyware, but there's nothing we can do about it. What you can do is turn off active scripting for this site, or use a browser with a pop-up blocker built in, like Firefox and other Mozilla-derived browsers, or install a separate pop-up blocker.

I'm going to start posting all the security bulletins I get about Firefox. That browser isn't any secure than any other. It's just new and fewer exploits have been found, but I get new alerts every week about some major exploit being found and whatever workaround comes along to deal with it.

That's why there's been so many Firefox updates lately...

My built in windows pop up blocker gets rid of most of them, i understand the site is advertising paid but signing up to advertise with bastards like that is basicly putting the sites users at risk for viruses, spyware, etc

isn't any secure than any other. It's just new and fewer exploits have been foundFirefox is not perfect, but your chance of getting a virus, etc. are less than with IE, and probably will be for a long time to come. Plus the holes if Firefox seem to be plugged more quickly than the holes in IE.I can't comment on other browsers. Some of them might be more secure than Firefox.

My coworker spoke to a network tech at the Intel Science competition where he was a judge, and this guy works for the government and said that 75% of the internet traffic is hackers attempting denial of service attacks, which is quite alarming if you think about it.

Here's three Firefox security alerts from the past month:

• Critical update for Firefox and Mozilla -
  Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)

Madrid, April 18 2005 - The release of the new versions Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7 has been announced. These new versions correct several security vulnerabilities, including some critical ones which could allow remote execution of code.

Two of these, which could be exploited by an attacker to automatically install or run malicious code, affect versions prior to Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7.

The first of these vulnerabilities can be exploited injecting javascript code in link tags supporting "favicons", while the second is based on overwriting values in DOM (Document Object Model).

There is also a third critical vulnerability, which in this case does not affect Mozilla, and which allows the execution of arbitrary code remotely via the Firefox side bar.

Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7 also deal with other vulnerabilities considered as high and moderate risk. Because of this situation, the Mozilla foundation strongly advises users to update to the new versions, available on its website at: http://www.mozilla.org

More details on the corrected vulnerabilities can be found at the following address: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

• Two vulnerabilities discovered in Firefox -
  Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)

Madrid, May 9, 2005 - According to the Secunia advisory SA15292 dated May 8, 2005, two vulnerabilities classified as extremely critical have been detected in the Firefox Internet browser.

These two flaws can be exploited to compromise the system through cross site scripting attacks. To do this, the onload() event can be exploited using a frame in a JavaScript page to access restricted elements, such as the history list. This can be exploited to run HTML and script code in the user's browser session.

The second vulnerability lies in the incorrect verification of the "IconURL" parameter in the "InstallTrigger.install()" function. It can be used to run arbitrary JavaScript code and elevate privileges in the affected system.

These vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.0.3, but other versions, not yet confirmed, could be affected. More information is available on the Secunia website where the advisory is published, at http://secunia.com/advisories/15292/.

• Firefox 1.0.4 corrects several security problems -
  Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)

Madrid, May 16 2005 - The new version 1.0.4 of Firefox is available, which, among other features, corrects three 'critical' security vulnerabilities.

The first of the corrected vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges through javascript and the IconURL function.

The second vulnerability resolved by the new version of Firefox could allow an attacker to foil the protection against the injection of javascript code. Like the previous flaw, this could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system.

The third vulnerability refers to a privilege escalation through the non-DOM property which could allow an attacker to execute javascript outside the assigned security context.

Firefox 1.0.4 can be downloaded from http://www.mozilla.org/

shit, i meant to click the "x" but instead the crap installed itself and now my pc has AIDS

Is this really worse than IE? IE's had a lot of security issues. This site is admittedly biased, but it makes the point. I just searched Microsoft's site for IE patches, and there are a bunch.If Firefox really sucks, then IE really really sucks for security. At least with this dangerous site, I haven't had any problems while using Firefox.If you're really paranoid, then turn off Java, Javascript, and everything else that's often exploited.

Again, IE has had so many security issues because hackers/whoever target IE the most.Obviously their starting to target FireFox, which is why there's been an increase in security updates for FF.You say you haven't had any issues with FireFox. So? I used IE for many years and I never had any issues with it. Then finally I had an issue where IE wouldn't open any popups and Firefox worked so I switched to Firefox ... but for some reason popups now work in IE again so it had nothing to do with IE.

anyone ever heard of crazybrowser? well its a very good browser with firefox-like features. give it a try and tell me if u like it because i do. www.crazybrowser.com is where its at. yes IE is very vulnerable and people should just fuck it and all their security patches. i still havent found a way to completely uninstall IE from my comp and i dont think it can be done, and i am not just talking about removing it from components. but if ur still loyal get the google toolbar its pop up blocker worked very very good for me. u can also get mozilla pop up blocker but just get the toolbar because it takes very little space and works good.

It's not so much that I haven't had any issues with Firefox (which doesn't prove anything, as you point out); what I'm saying is that I get no pop-ups or malware from this site when I use Firefox set up the way I described. People with other configurations seem to complain.

I'm using Firefox set up the "right" way, and I do get occasional pop-ups...here in an Internet cafe. On my own PC, I must have set up Norton's firewall to block pop-ups...between Norton and Firefox, I don't get any pop-ups on this site.

I've said it many times before, but I have it set up the "right" way and I still get popups. Not many but they're there.

You need pop-up blocker software, or a software firewall that will do the job.

I have ZoneAlarm.And doesn't FireFox have a popup blocker in it?

> I have ZoneAlarm.

Not sure that ZoneAlarm has pop-up-blocking functionality. The version I used did not.

> And doesn't FireFox have a popup blocker in it?

Yes, but it's obviously not completely effective. Norton's firewall in combination with Firefox, seems to do the job for me. (This is not an endorsement of Norton...but it works for me.)

I said ZonelAlarm because you talked about a firewall.But I also have Norton AntiVirus but I didn't know that had a popup blocker.

I don't think Norton AntiVirus has a popup blocker. It's Norton Internet Security that has the goods.