Firefox itself will become a target for spyware creators, who are already poking at the open source browser alternative. Now it becomes true. Here are some examples :
1) A Firefox extension, presenting itself as a legitimate existing extension called numberedlinks. It then begins intercepting passwords and credit card numbers entered into the browser, which it then sends to an external server. Virus experts McAfee are calling this the first FormSpy because of how it interacts with Web-based forms, but there's no doubting the malicious nature of this particular spyware.
2) JS.Ffsniff is a JavaScript Trojan horse that logs information from HTML forms in Web pages and sends the information to a predefined email address. The Trojan is a JavaScript file, which can be included with a malicious Mozilla Firefox browser extension.
These 2 examples are "Old" news from our research on Google.
In recent news, Microsoft is claiming Firefox is Spyware. This is False (of course) , However, I installed an add-on myself today, that caused bells and whistle's here on my system. My website shows some of the important add-on's I do have installed, but not all of them. There is a need for better security on Firefox 2.x.x which should be in Firefox 3 when it comes out of "Beta".
To my surprise there is NO add-on's that I can download to monitor my extensions for spyware. Sure I am using NoScript & FlashBlock , but I was looking for some better protection.
In an effort to keep the internet clean & safe, I have researched some prevention utilities & goodies for you to run.
Tip: Be extremely wary of counterfeit versions of Lavasoft's Ad-Aware, spelled slightly different; those are actually spyware.
(Washington Post)
Install and regularly update Lavasoft's Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy anti-spyware programs. Both are free for the downloading.
Next download, update and run a full scan using SuperAntiSpyware. It will remove the majority of difficult Trojans not just the easy ones.
In addition I suggest you download, update & run Avira. Unlike a lot of the free antivirus applications this will give you real time protection and is very quick to load at boot up.
"Yes" it is possible for Spyware to run under Firefox. It has not happened recently but it can !
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