On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 14:26 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Hi list. > > > Just when I wanted to debug a web problem, I saw tcpdump > showing Firefox making silent requests to Google. (wtf at this point!) > To reproduce: Open a random webpage (preferably one that does not > reference external content, e.g. http://jengelh.hopto.org/ ; local > files don't trigger it)
> Can I _please_ get information why there's spyware like this in Firefox? > Added by SUSE? Assuming you are running Firefox 2, you almost certainly have the anti-phishing filter turned on. Go to Edit->Preferences->Security and see if the checkbox labeled "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery" is checked. If so, you have the anti-phishing filter turned on. There are two ways to have Firefox check for phishing sites. You'll notice two radio buttons. One is labeled "Check using a downloaded list of suspected sites" and the other says "Check by asking Google about each site I visit." If you select the first option, Firefox will regularly (I think once a week though I could be wrong) and automatically a file of suspected sites from Google. For every site you visit it will check that site against the local file that it downloaded. If you select the second option, Firefox will check every site you visit by sending the site URL to Google for comparison with the online file they have. The first option is faster but the information on phishing sites might not be as up-to-date as the second option. Rick -- Rick's Law: What cannot be imagined will be accomplished by a fool. PGP Key Id: 9E1125E0
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