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Firefox 3 Video Tour: Phishing And Malware Protection
Interestingly, when I wrote "Review: Firefox 3 Burns Up The Web" just last week, the feature worked pretty badly. I tested Firefox against some obvious phishing e-mail and links to malware in my spam folder, and Firefox failed to trigger a warning most of the time. But this week, when I tested Firefox again to make this video, it worked quite well -- Firefox set off the warning every time. Did the protection improve that much in a week? Or were my tests bad? I'm looking into that. For a look at another feature of Firefox 3, check out the previous video in the series: The Awesome AwesomeBar. Watch this space for two more installments. Update 6/30: For another installment in our Firefox tour, check out our video on the browser's new ability to let you zoom Web pages. Update 7/2: See the video on the new faster bookmarking system in Firefox. « Bill Gates' Legacy For IT | Main | No One Gets Fired For Registering A Dot-Com » |
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