[LBo] Speeding up Firefox

[Sam Morgan]

Anita Lewis wrote:
> On 08/10/2007 01:33 AM Robin B wrote:
>> Hey Guys i got a very nice tweak to with an .xpi extension.I am going to
>> upload it and give u a link to it.
>>
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> 
> No offense, Robin, but I don't think it is wise to install something
> that someone just tells me is cool.  Quite often it is a joke or worse.
>  Your post actually sounds like most of the virus-containing emails I
> get. :-)
> 
Having just read an article on the aspects of social engineering being such a 
huge part of many hacks now on the internet. I am inclined to agree with Anita's 
cautious reaction. So, I did a little research on "fasterfox" and found that it 
is featured on Mozilla's addons pages:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269

also there is a little more indepth explanation of what it is and does:
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

and I found a site I was unaware of that has tested it and gives their seal of 
approval that it is "clean of any form of badware (viruses, spyware, adware, etc.)"
http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-Fasterfox.html

so I might consider installing it. Although, I don't really understand why it 
needed another download site: http://www.wikifortio.com when there are already 
many other sites that have copies of it available. Someone could alter it and 
place the altered version somewhere for download....... Guess you got me in a 
suspicious mood this morning Anita.

I'll just say thanks for your effort and kind offer Robin, and suggest that 
perhaps in the future you might simply point folks toward an already available 
download site. No offense intended, but we are just trying to exercise a little 
caution here on the list.

-- 
God Bless,
Sam Morgan
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