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- 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
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- Portable Security
Firefox - secure Web browser
Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 22:40
Mozilla Firefox is a free and increasingly popular Internet browser. Its functioning is enhanced by the inclusion of numerous add-ons, including some that are designed to make Firefox more private, safer and more secure.
Installing Firefox
- Read the brief Hands-on Guide Introduction
- Click the Firefox icon below to open www.mozilla.com/firefox
- Click on "Free Download" link to save the installer, then find it and doubleclick it
- Continue through the Guide and Install NoScript and other Add-ons when you reach Sections 4 and 5
- To install Add-ons in your Firefox:
- Start Firefox and open this page in it
- Click the icons below and click on button "Add to Firefox" on opened page
- After installation, you may delete any installers or add-ons that you saved to your computer
Firefox: NoScript: FormFox: Petname: FireGPG:
Homepage
Computer Requirements
- All Windows Versions
Versions used in this guide
- Firefox 3.0.4
- NoScript 1.9.1
- FormFox 1.6.3
- McAfee Site Advisor 28.0
- PetName 1.6
- FireGPG 0.7.5
License
- Free and Open-Source Software
Level: 1: Beginner, 2: Average 3: Intermediate, 4: Experienced, 5: Advanced
Time required to start using these tools: 20 - 30 minutes
What you will get in return:
- A stable and secure Internet browser whose features can be enhanced by numerous add-ons
- The ability to protect yourself from potentially dangerous programs and malicious websites
- The ability to clean traces of your Internet browsing sessions from the computer
1.1 Things you should know about this tool before you start
This chapter assumes that you already know how to use a web browser; it will not explain how to use the Firefox browser functions. Its purpose is to explain some additional functions that will make Firefox more secure.
Mozilla Add-ons are designed specifically for the Firefox web browser. Add-ons (also referred to as 'extensions' or 'plugins'), are small programs that add or extend different features to a host application--in this instance, Firefox.
In this chapter, you will learn how to download, install and use the following Mozilla Add-ons to increase the privacy, safety and security of your Firefox web browser, and of your Internet experience as a whole.
The NoScript Add-on is documented separately in section 4.0 NoScript
The following Add-ons are documented in section 5.0 More Firefox Add-ons:
- Form Fox
- McAfee Site Advisor
- Petname Tool
- FireGPG
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