Firefox add-on to block downloads

In addition to blocking the extensions to prevent installation by other users, Mozilla said it's pausing on approvals for new add-ons that use the proxy API until the fixes are broadly available. What's more, the California-based non-profit said it'd deployed a system add-on named " Proxy Failover " that ships with further mitigations to address the issue.

Users who have installed the problematic add-ons are highly advised to remove them by heading the Add-ons section and explicitly searching for "Bypass" ID: 7c3a8bdcb7fb5f38b or "Bypass XM" ID: def-e2afb5-bff Sign up for cybersecurity newsletter and get latest news updates delivered straight to your inbox daily.

This extension will block access to websites of your choosing. A master password controls all customization options, as well as access to any blocked site. Block unwanted domains.

Prevent access to a range of websites using wildcard matching or regular expression matching. Reverse mode allows access to only some hostnames and blocks access to all others. Custom redirection; you can redirect a single blocked hostname to a new destination. Display a custom message on blocked pages.

Time and date based blocking. Only block access to the websites at specified times and dates. No one cares whether you visit this site or not, do you care what color of socks I wear? My favorite band? What is this, AOL? I agree. This Geoff fellow accuses others of trolling but comes off as a troll himself. I dislike the aggressive tone Iron Heart constantly takes, but he or she?

I have Microsoft Defender breathing down my neck, I have all the rest of their defense garbage breathing down my neck. Then I have my web browser breathing down my neck as well as everything else. My phone tells me that my volume is too loud. My Microwave oven has to consistently tell me that my food is ready.

Everything has to either beep, flash or send me text message. If I worked on the Starship Enterprise Bridge I would take a phaser to every last one of them on that ship because of the constant beeping and flashing lights. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please click on the following link to open the newsletter signup page: Ghacks Newsletter Sign up. Ghacks is a technology news blog that was founded in by Martin Brinkmann. It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers.

Search for:. Martin Brinkmann. Firefox will block insecure downloads soon by default. Related content Some Firefox users report connection issues workaround inside. Use all of DuckDuckGo's! Mozilla Firefox Firefox Comments Dumbledalf said on August 13, at pm.

Shania said on August 13, at pm. Only if they had this much energy to work towards fixing ten year or older bugs in bugzilla. Alienating users is an art and FF mastered is well. Yash said on August 14, at am. Jakola said on August 15, at pm. Yash said on August 15, at pm. Microsoft update catalog uses HTTP to serve the files and so do many other common place services. Tom Hawack said on August 13, at pm. Yash said on August 14, at pm. Tom Hawack said on August 15, at am. Tom Hawack said on August 15, at pm.

Yash, all this is quite complex. Yash said on August 16, at am. Tom Hawack said on August 16, at am. Please explain. Mea culpa 3 times.

Now, back to English : atchoum, I made a big mistake. Yash said on August 16, at pm. Tom Hawack said on August 17, at am. Yash said on August 17, at pm. Thanks for the link, definitely one to be bookmarked. Tom Hawack said on August 17, at pm. Emil Brausewetter said on August 17, at pm. Emil Brausewetter said on August 18, at am. Take it sporty …. Tom hawack said on August 18, at pm.

Emil Brausewetter said on August 19, at am. Yash said on August 19, at am. TelV said on August 13, at pm. ChromeFan said on August 13, at pm. You can not call yourself a private browser if your default search engine is Google.

Ipnonymous said on August 13, at pm. Dale Gribble said on August 14, at am. Robert said on August 14, at am. Shiva said on August 14, at pm. Geoff Williams said on August 14, at pm. Iron Heart said on August 14, at pm.

So does any other browser implementing that feature, this is not unique to Firefox. Geoff Williams said on August 15, at am. This Iron Heart troll is filled with hate and anger. Iron Heart said on August 15, at am. If the slave word is the first rhyme you have for Brave, what else I am supposed to think? Hey slave-rhymer, what makes you think I am a racist?