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IT Security & Network Security News & Reviews: eWEEK Labs How-To: Using the NoScript Extension for Firefox to Protect Against Web-Based Malware

By Jim Rapoza on 2009-03-04


Listen as eWEEK Chief Technology Analyst Jim Rapoza walks you through installation of the NoScript Firefox extension. NoScript uses whitelist-based, pre-emptive script blocking to prevent exploitation of security vulnerabilities. The extension works with Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and other Mozilla-based browsers, and allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plug-ins to be executed only by trusted Web sites.

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eWEEK Labs How-To: Using the NoScript Extension for Firefox to Protect Against Web-Based Malware

with Jim Rapoza

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NoScript

Installing NoScript

The NoScript status bar

Site-wide blocking via the NoScript status bar

More NoScript options

NoScript can alter Web site look and function

The same Web site without NoScript blocking

Sometimes NoScript will indicate content has been blocked

Choosing to display blocked content

NoScript options

Advanced Options

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