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my gf is one of those ppl with the horrible habbit of downloading anything and everything the internet tells her she needs how can i use FF to better protect her from the various virus she downloads on a regular basise

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as i write this i have just restored my gf's computer back to default factory setings and cleaned the HD she has a horrible habbit of downloading anything and everything something tells her to download it her most recent actions caused her to dl a virus along with a prog called "flv tube" ive never heard of it but in less then 5 mins on google i found it to be common with viruses how can i use FF to prevent and or stop her from downloading all this crap so im not always having to fix it for her

as i write this i have just restored my gf's computer back to default factory setings and cleaned the HD she has a horrible habbit of downloading anything and everything something tells her to download it her most recent actions caused her to dl a virus along with a prog called "flv tube" ive never heard of it but in less then 5 mins on google i found it to be common with viruses how can i use FF to prevent and or stop her from downloading all this crap so im not always having to fix it for her

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the-edmeister
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Sorry, there are no Firefox addons to replace a good, up-to-date anti-virus application and common sense.

cor-el
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Public Fox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3911

Be aware that an extension can easily be bypassed by starting Firefox in Safe mode or by using the portable Firefox version.