The article will help you understand what is the Prefs.js file and how to remove it if needed. Follow the removal instructions given at the end if you are sure you need to remove it. What is Prefs.js? Prefs.js is…
Mozilla blocked two malicious Firefox add-ons installed by nearly half a million users. The extensions abused the Proxy API to obstruct updates to the browser. Related: The Great Suspender Chrome Extension Contains Malware Bypass and Bypass XM Extensions Obstruct Browser…
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Mozilla is adding a new protection feature to its Firefox browser that is designed to impede redirect tracking. In other words, Firefox 79 has added protection against redirect tracking. Redirect tracking is a new user tracking technique utilized by online…
A new information disclosure vulnerability, CVE-2020-12418, was just discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Discovered by Cisco Talos, the vulnerability can be exploited by tricking the user into visiting a specially crafted web page via the browser. In case of a successful…
Have you updated your Firefox browser? Mozilla just released security updates addressing eight vulnerabilities, five of which rated as high-risk. To be protected against the attacks, users should be running Firefox 77. If you haven’t restarted your Firefox browser in…
Mozilla has decided to drop support for Flash for the Firefox browser. This change is going to happen by December 2020. Why is Mozilla implementing this change? According to Plugin Roadmap for Firefox, the main reason is security: Plugins are…
Cookies are one of the biggest privacy problems that are out there and they are the cause of new laws changing on a daily basis. This is a post that has been created to help you delete the cookies from…
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In the following post, you will see all the effective ways to hard refresh and clear cache for the most popular browsers – Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, including ones based on them. When it comes to browsers storing content, so…
Did you notice your Firefox browser prompting you to update it? It’s because Mozilla just released an emergency patch addressing CVE-2019-11707, an actively exploited critical security vulnerability. This means that your Firefox browser needs to be patched immediately so that…
Security researchers report that there is a currently a new attack campaign of malicious plugins that are being uploaded to the official repository of the Mozilla Firefox browser. They pose as legitimate and popular services and take both on their…
The Mozilla Firefox Monitor service is a new tool that will check whether the user email address has been a part of a major site leakage. It is based on “Have I Been Pwned” and seeks to bring more awareness…
The Stylish extension used by many Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome users has been removed from their plugin repositories due to security concerns. A dangerous privacy leak has been exposed by a blogger which reported that the plugin reports private…
Facebook Container is the name of a brand new add-on for Firefox that the Mozilla Foundation released to isolate Facebook and all of its domains from tracking users across the websites they visit while browsing. The add-on is built on…
This article has been created with the purpose to explain what tis the Page Marker Firefox add-on and how to stop it from running a miner process which loads more than 50% of your CPU. A new cryptocurrency miner, that…
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Mozilla and HaveIBeenPwned.com are joining forces to alert users when they are about to visit a site that has been hacked. This would happen via an in-browser notification thanks to which the user will be informed about the possible hacked…
You’re perhaps reading this because you’re a Windows 10 user. As such, you are most likely using the Microsoft Edge browser despite previously favoring Chrome and Firefox. The truth is that in spite of its rough start, Edge is gaining…
It’s no wonder that people are often wondering which the most secure browser is. Browsers are often leveraged in various attack scenarios, and even an updated browser can fall victim to attackers. One of the recent serious security issues that…
