If you are using the Firefox browser, you need to make sure you are aware of the security extensions available to Firefox to help protect you while surfing the Internet. These extensions; including BetterPrivacy, BlockSite, Dr. Web Anti-virus, FormFox, Ghostery, Locationbar, NoScript, Password Hasher, QuickJava, and Web of Trust are effective in helping protect from worms, hackers, phisher, etc. While these extensions (and other security software and tools) can be valuable and effective, there is still no better security feature than good, solid, common sense.
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