Mozilla Firefox Browser: MUST HAVE Add-ons For Your Internet Privacy and Security

What is Mozilla Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. As of March 2011, Firefox is the second most widely used browser with approximately 30% of worldwide usage share of web browsers. The browser has had particular success in Germany and Poland, where it is the most popular browser with 60% usage and 47% respectively.

Why use Mozilla Firefox?

Firefox is Free and great for designers because it downloads graphics faster. Firefox is Easier to use, includes tabs for better browsing, and comes with the google toolbar. everyone who uses it never goes back to Internet Explorer.

We all know that using Mozilla Firefox alone does not guarantee protection and security on web. More malwares and different viruses have been circulating to this browser to spread their wares, but using Mozilla Add-ons can help increase our online security.

Here is a short list of the most recommended add-ons to help you keep safe on the web

Password Hasher

How Password Hasher helps: * Automatically generates strong passwords. * One master key produces different passwords at many sites. * Quickly upgrade passwords by "bumping" the site tag. * Upgrade a master key without updating all sites at once. * Supports different length passwords. * Supports special requirements, such as digits and punctuation. * Supports restricting a hash word to not use special characters. (New!) * Saves all data to the browser's secure password database. * Generates a portable HTML page with your site tags and option settings that allows you to generate your hash words in any browser on any machine without the extension installed. (New!) * Can add marker buttons to unmask passwords on any web site. (New!) * Extremely simple to use!

Better Privacy

Better Privacy serves to protect against not deletable longterm cookies, a new generation of 'Super-Cookie', which silently conquered the internet. This new cookie generation offers unlimited user tracking to industry and market research. Concerning privacy Flash- and DOM Storage objects are most critical. This addon was made to make users aware of those hidden, never expiring objects and to offer an easy way to get rid of them - since browsers are unable to do that for you.

Web Of Trust

Today's internet landscape include a new threat even from presumably legitimate downloads. Configuration changes (or hijacks) have gone into mainstream habits of software publishers. Do you know that ICQ, Jookz, Babylon, ZoneAlarm, Incredimail, just to name a few, override your browser setting for their own benefit? That's where BrowserProtect comes to rescue. It monitors your browser configuration against badware which hijack your homepage and search configuration.

NoScript

Winner of the "2006 PC World World Class Award", this tool provides extra protection to your Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your "trust boundaries" against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology.

Proxy Foxy

FoxyProxy is a Firefox extension which automatically switches an internet connection across one or more proxy servers based on URL patterns. Put simply, FoxyProxy automates the manual process of editing Firefox's Connection Settings dialog. Proxy server switching occurs based on the loading URL and the switching rules you define. Animated icons show you when a proxy is in use. Advanced logging shows you which proxies were used and when. QuickAdd makes it a snap to create new URL patterns on-the-fly. FoxyProxy is fully compatible with Portable Firefox, has better support for PAC files than Firefox itself, and is translated into more than 25 languages

CS Lite
This extension will allow you to easily control cookie permissions. It can be accessed from the statusbar, a toolbar button, or the context menu. Just click on the icon to allow, block, or temporarily allow the site to set cookies. You can also view, clear or edit the cookies and exceptions by right clicking on the cs lite icon. For safer browsing you may choose to deny cookies globally and then enable them on a per site basis. You can also download a blocklist that contains a list of untrusted hosts that you may choose to import into FF and block. The blocklist can be configured to automatically update or can be updated manually.

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