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Firefox Advises Users To Disable McAfee Plugin

Posted by timothy on from the one-or-the-other dept.

itwbennett writes "Mozilla is advising Firefox users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause 'stability or security problems.' ScriptScan, which ships with McAfee's VirusScan antivirus program, is designed to keep Web surfers safe by scanning for any malicious scripting code that might be running in the browser. But according to Mozilla, it has an unintended side-effect: It can cause Firefox to crash ... a lot."

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  1. just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's just as bad as norton.

    1. Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee by Tsingi · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If it is as bad as Norton then uninstalling it might not be the easiest task.

      Hmm, time to shell out for the anti-anti-virus software.

    2. Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee by Runaway1956 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Just upgrade your computer. Introduce your hardware to Linux - it's a match made in heaven.

      dd if=urandom of=sda1

      reboot

      install

      --
      "Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
  2. Let the truth finally come to light by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I say this so often it should be in my sig... There is absurdly little difference between so-called "anti-virus" and desktop "internet security" products and the malware from which they are supposed to protect you. When family members ask me how I manage to happily use a 5 year-old PC that seems to be faster than their 1-2 year-old PC, I simply say "I don't have anti-virus installed"

    --
    "Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit"