![]() In fact, there is no option to save the file. When Firefox identifies a download as something malicious, it opens a pop-up that gives an absolute statement-”This file contains a virus or malware”-and gives you a binary choice: delete or open the file. Malware detection should be more than a binary decision There is no direct detection of salmonella in your meal you just have an (often justified) idea that eating there comes with a significant statistical chance of an unpleasant result. This is like avoiding a restaurant because you and a friend had bad cases of indigestion after eating there. Instead, they are largely basing their calls on past experiences from the site. The problem is that Firefox isn’t precisely scanning each and every file for malware. ![]() It’s in the Firefox default settings and will be always on until you go into settings and specifically turn it off.įirefox works like indigestion and restaurant choice It also checks your downloads against a blacklist of malicious sites and then double-checks this with Google’s Safe Browsing option. Surfing is just the startĪs a browser, Firefox does more than letting you surf the internet and downloading your heart’s desire. Mozilla’s Firefox browser fails to give the user one very important option when it flags suspect files-and this throws some shade on the browser’s identification of malicious downloads.
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