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I have been repeatedly attacked by this fb downloader site. Different software has different ways of dealing with it. How do I protect/clean Firefox?

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I have been repeatedly attacked by this heinous fb downloader site. Different software seems to have different ways of dealing with it. How do I protect Firefox or successfully remove it from Firefox once it's there? Using Windows 7 and Webroot SecureAnywhere.

I have been repeatedly attacked by this heinous fb downloader site. Different software seems to have different ways of dealing with it. How do I protect Firefox or successfully remove it from Firefox once it's there? Using Windows 7 and Webroot SecureAnywhere.

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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page (There’s a lot of good stuff here)
and get a good add / pop-up blocker.

While you are there, check out

BlockSite

BlockSite is an extension, which automagically blocks websites of your choice. Additionally, this extension will disable all hyperlinks to these websites, by just displaying the link text without the clicking functionality.

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Your System Details looks very light/empty. Can you start by giving us the troubleshooting information from the Firefox installation that's having problems. This is an essential step in troubleshooting.

  • Click the Firefox button at the top left, then click the Help menu and select Troubleshooting Information from the sub-menu. If you don't have a Firefox button, click the Help menu at the top and select Troubleshooting Information from the menu.

Now, a new tab containing your troubleshooting information should open.

  • At the top of the page, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
  • Now, go back to your forum post and click inside the reply box. Press Ctrl+V to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.

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Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

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Odabrano rješenje

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page (There’s a lot of good stuff here)
and get a good add / pop-up blocker.

While you are there, check out

BlockSite

BlockSite is an extension, which automagically blocks websites of your choice. Additionally, this extension will disable all hyperlinks to these websites, by just displaying the link text without the clicking functionality.