| JAMESTAY1 |
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| Sun Jun 17 2007 10:39 AM |
security problem with firefox
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switched on my computer this morning clicked onto firefox and the firefox homepage came up not my usual homepage bbc.co.uk.
went to check my ebay a box came up something like 'Enscription(sp) security risk other people might see what you look at etc'
whats going on
| mart |
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| Mon Jun 18 2007 07:40 AM |
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Re: security problem with firefox
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Has the problem persisted? Could the browser have updated? This will cause a different page to show the first time the browser is started. Also have a close look in the Options to make sure the BBC site is the only page listed.
I don't know what the security message would be about but you could look at 'Tools > Options > Advanced > Encryption' to make sure both Protocol boxes there are ticked.
The page you were diverted to at least wasn't anything nasty so maybe the problem is (was) a hiccup for a reason other than malware having been picked up. Nonetheless, a good scan of the system with whatever security programs are installed might be a good thing to do.
| JAMESTAY1 |
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| Tue Jun 19 2007 09:35 AM |
Re: security problem with firefox
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i did a system restore and everything was fine (did a adware scan as well) but now when i close firefox the box which contains 'clean cookies' etc doesn't appear.
whats happened to it ?
| FifeFlyer |
| (regular) |
| Tue Jun 19 2007 04:19 PM |
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Re: security problem with firefox
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You'll need to adjust the settings. Open Firefox and click on tools > options > privacy > under the private data settings place a tick in the boxes....."always clear my private data when i close Firefox" and "ask me before cleaning private data" > OK.
