Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Everyday, I love Firefox 1.5 just a little more. I’ve long used ClamWin/ClamAV for my virus scanning and this extension just glued it to Firefox. Sweet. May I browse safely from here to Feb 3 (Nyxem virus).

ClamWin Antivirus Glue for Firefox - Today's Browser Tip:

ClamWin Antivirus Glue is a simple extension for Firefox that does just one thing: It automatically scans every file you download for viruses. As the name implies, the "glue" uses ClamWin Antivirus, a free, open source Windows antivirus product, and in order to have the extension installed you'll need to install ClamWin as well. Every little bit helps, right?
 
[Via Download Squad]

[Update] I wanted to update this post to respond to a few emails that I have received regarding a previous post about Firefox in which I compared it to IE and did so unfavorably. My comparisons were based on the 1.0 release and my tune has completely changed since the 1.5 release. FF is like a breath of fresh air. At this point, I am not even convinced that I will bother installing IE 7 unless I hear about some substantial improvements that would compel me to do so. I am a convert and would recommend Firefox 1.5+ to anyone. IE is no longer my default browser and I would probably just uninstall it if I could still run Windows Update.
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