Firefox and Safe Web not working

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Hi Jens & AdolfD,

 

Javascript is enabled; settings are exactly as shown in your post.

 

Installed the DOM inspector and yes I see 'coShastaScripts' under the HEAD node when I do a Yahoo search.

 

Before I uninstall Firefox; you can probably tell from my previous postings of Yahoo and Google URL's that I am located in Canda and therefore always directed to the Canadian sites for these search engines; "www.google.ca" and "ca.search.yahoo.com"

 

Could this be part of the problem? Ask.com always shows safe site ratings.

 

Thanks,

MIker

Message Edited by mikosh on 04-28-2009 01:17 PM
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Just discovered the WOT extension for Firefox in another post. I have installed it and it seems to be working very well with all search engines. Rather than re-install Firefox I think I'll use WOT!

 

Thanks,

Mike

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XP3, FF3.10  and NoScript even "with Scripts globally allowed"

 

I'm seeing the same problem whether I use the FF Start Page, google.com or Google via the search box from the toolbar!

 

No Norton icons for the search results, but XPL LinkScanner (Pre-AVG) and  Finjan show up just fine.

 

Strangely, though, Norton's ratings show up ONLY on the sponsored links and ads at the top and on the right side. This includes the plain Norton green circle with a checkmark, the one with the shopping cart, and a gray question mark. 

 

These are the only links where XPL's rating icon does NOT appear; it's replaced by Norton's, although Finjan shows in front of all links.

 

I stopped using SiteAdvisor after finding their ratings are ages old & not being maintained, even if McAfee is contacted about errors.

Message Edited by SecurIT Guy on 05-05-2009 12:08 AM
Interestingly, after disablig NoScript, my in-page ad-blocking  sems to be working, so now I'm not getting those sponsored search results and now Norton Safe Web isn't showing ANY icons ANYWHERE!.
Message Edited by SecurIT Guy on 05-05-2009 12:21 AM
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mikosh wrote:

Just discovered the WOT extension for Firefox in another post. I have installed it and it seems to be working very well with all search engines. Rather than re-install Firefox I think I'll use WOT!

 

Thanks,

Mike

WOT could be the reasonof the troubles. This might interfere with NIS

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Stu wrote:

WOT could be the reasonof the troubles. This might interfere with NIS

Except he only found WOT after giving up on a solution from Norton.

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SecurIT Guy wrote:
Stu wrote:

WOT could be the reasonof the troubles. This might interfere with NIS

Except he only found WOT after giving up on a solution from Norton.

 

I see I misread. You are right. Well in that case it could be a good solution.
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FWIW, I have dropped SiteAdvisor, Web of Trust and Norton Safe Web. They are all too subjective and not easily kept current.

 

I would rather trust real-time scanners e.g. LinkScanner (now from AVG) and Finjan. They actually scan the site at the time of the search.

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I finally got my NSW rating symbols working by disabling the Google Icon extension. I also found that I can still get the Favicons in Google results by setting the option in the Customize Google extension.

 

After a little testing, I also found that Linkscanner Lite v2.7.2.0120 (the last version from XPL) seems to detect a lot more threats than NSW. In fact, NSW and Finjan seem to be GREEN in unison on 98% of the search results for the term 'wares', which SHOULD be expected to turn up a lot of yellow and red flags. 

 

Among 40 results, there was one that Finjan claimed "site not available for scanning" and showed a yellow '?', and Norton showed a gray '?' for a different site. The only major difference between the two is that Norton's servers return a result much more quickly than Finjan's, at least on the East Coast of the United States.

 

Linkscanner shows about 10 yellow warnings and 8 red flags and the results are quicker than either of the others.