Look at the file first to make sure it is text without any You already have several other suggestions, that should Install the Customize Google extension to take care of When blocking ads you will have to be very careful To block all or most of the ads you would run acrossĮveryday, which should take care of most of the otherĪds. I think your best security is normal awareness, a slowĬomputer, blocking doubleclick ads in your hosts fileĪnd any really bad sites. One company that supposedly has taken a lead in honesty I makesĪ farce of any privacy policy that they have on site. Is place yourself at the mercy of any company that allowsĪds to come from their site that they do not control. But I feel one of the worst things that you can do I have them both turned, on and I don't go to bad sites, that Both have mechanisms that automatically check for updates. > In the end, you just need to make sure both Firefox and JRE are up to > I find that I hardly ever need Java so I have it off. > both JavaScript and Java have been formats for security vulnerabilities. > I guess that depends on which sites you visit regularly. 'seesion cookies' and have Popups blocked (but that only prevents It *IS* a case of looking-out for what you do/allow to happen! I allow Have never had any problems with virus, trojan or phishing attacks, but I useĪVG-free antivirus and ZoneAlarm firewall (also the free version) and

Personally, I have both Java and JS enabled in FF and TB. Things in life, it's not 'what tools do you use?' but more a question of Way, they are *not* the same, in case you wondered) but, as far as canīe reliably told, there is no inherrent danger from either. both for FF and theĪ lot of sites will not show properly if you disable Java and JS (by the You will get contrasting replies to this question.

> Tools/Options/Content? I seem to recall that one of those two might > Is it a good idea to check (enable) both Java and Javascript in On 08:12, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused richard > to

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