I heard from one guy that there are some companies/hackers that are able to use ad-block to give firefox spyware toolbars or something like that. Is this true? Are there any security risks with getting ad-block?
I Have firefox 3 btw
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4 responses so far ↓
1 compcafe1234 // Jul 23, 2008
Looks like this security problem has been fixed
http://adblockplus.org/blog/adblock-security-hole-closed-but-not-by-adblock-devs
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2 cdavi3236 // Jul 23, 2008
YES ABP is safe
100% safe
It protects your privacy and speeds up browsing!
3 Smity // Jul 23, 2008
if you have Firefox 1.5.0.5 you should be perfectly safe if you don't i would sugest updating it…here
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?utm_id=Q108&utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&gclid=CJPngu-NxpQCFQqdnAodqW_6rg
once you do this you will have absolutly nothing to worry about using ad-block plus
4 nard // Jul 23, 2008
Yes. It is totally safe.
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