- How-To Booklet
- 1. How to protect your computer from malware and hackers
- 2. How to protect your information from physical threats
- 3. How to create and maintain secure passwords
- 4. How to protect the sensitive files on your computer
- 5. How to recover from information loss
- 6. How to destroy sensitive information
- 7. How to keep your Internet communication private
- 8. How to remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the Internet
- Glossary
- Hands-On Guides
- avast! - anti-virus
- Spybot - anti-spyware
- Comodo Firewall
- KeePass - secure password storage
- TrueCrypt - secure file storage
- Cobian Backup
- Recuva - file recovery
- Eraser - secure file removal
- CCleaner - secure file deletion and work session wiping
- Riseup - secure email service
- Pidgin - secure instant messaging
- VaultletSuite - secure email client
- Thunderbird - secure email client
- Firefox - secure Web browser
- Tor - anonymity and circumvention
- Portable Security
FAQ and Review
Submitted by admin on Sat, 11/15/2008 - 00:12
Muhindo and Salima understand some of the recommended Firefox Add-ons completely, but they find others a little more difficult to grasp. Fortunately, Assani is able to help explain some of these more complex Add-ons.
Q: Why would I want so many different add-ons to defend myself against malicious websites? If No Script protects me from potentially dangerous scripts, for example, why do I also need McAfee Site Advisor to tell me which websites are actually malicious?
A: It is often a good idea to use more than one tool to address the same general security issue. (Anti-virus programs are an important exception to this rule, since they tend to conflict with one another.) These Firefox add-ons use very different techniques to protect your browser from a variety of threats. NoScript, for example, blocks all scripts from unknown websites, but users tend to 'whitelist' the websites they visit frequently, which allows them to load potentially-malicious scripts. NoScript users also tend to allow unknown sites to load scripts, on a temporary basis, if those scripts are necessary for the page to function properly. Some of these other security-related add-ons, such as McAfee Site Advisor, can help protect you in situations like this.
6.1 Review questions
- How do you erase your temporary Internet history, cookies and cache from your browser?
- What kinds of attacks can NoScript protect your system from?
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