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05-11-2008, 10:57 PM
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Disabling antivirus in Firefox 3 beta
Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.
EDIT: Disable Automatic Virus Scanning in Firefox 3
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05-12-2008, 12:20 AM
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FF3 has an antivirus? I`m using it for months now and never noticed it.   
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05-12-2008, 12:22 AM
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Download something (anything at all) and look at the download manager when it reaches 100%.
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05-12-2008, 12:32 AM
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Oh, i use Internet Download Manager! LOL Never used Firefox built in download manager.  |
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Should I actually use FF3 Beta or should i stick with FF2 for now?
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That was going to be my question.
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05-12-2008, 02:10 PM
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Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.
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I hope the stuff they took out to shrink it's memory footprint wasn't the stuff that made it run stable... 
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05-12-2008, 02:59 PM
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Should I actually use FF3 Beta or should i stick with FF2 for now?
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I've been using FF3 since Beta1, they're now on Beta5. Since then, I've seen a lot of changes. In fact, the original one couldn't open yahoo email or hotmail.
I'd say go ahead and try it, I like it. One or two things don't quite work, but it's definitely faster and uses less memory.
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I hope the stuff they took out to shrink it's memory footprint wasn't the stuff that made it run stable... |
I don't have any stability problems with it, personally. I can use the same FF instance for days without crashes. Memory management is excellent, it keeps the footprint down A LOT. |
05-12-2008, 05:53 PM
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It still sits just under 100Mb, but that's ALOT better than FF2. I really only have problems when using blackboard vista, that's the only time it crashes. I wish my uni would drop that old ass slow software.
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Yeah, FF3 seems a lot better than FF2.
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It still sits just under 100Mb, but that's ALOT better than FF2. I really only have problems when using blackboard vista, that's the only time it crashes. I wish my uni would drop that old ass slow software.
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Yea.
That's good, considering I was getting about 120 - 130, and FF3 uses like 80 - 90 mb.
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FF3 breaks some websites by not showing image links, just the name of the link so I get random text on the screen.
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Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.
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I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest
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I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest
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Because who the F wants antivirus scanning in a web browser? I sure don't.
Isn't that what..... antivirus software is for?
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05-16-2008, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by aliG da taco
I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest
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If the "problem" you are referring to is the crashes I mentioned, they are only a problm on my university website, so no real biggy. The reason I want to disable the antivirus is because those few seconds add up every time I save an image to my desktop and sit there waiting for the undefined loading bar to finish. Also...
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Because who the F wants antivirus scanning in a web browser? I sure don't.
Isn't that what..... antivirus software is for?
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Amen. I installed AVG to scan torrents and no-dvd cracks, I don't need firefox to do it for me and I certainly don't feel the need to scan every damn picture and text file it saves.
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