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    Firefox and NoScript - Please help me set it up

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by passive101, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    I have been using it for over a year now. But every page I want to load I have to tell it it is ok.

    I have seen people post that no script will tell them if something is bad, but I have never seen that.

    Is there a more user friendly way I could have it setup and will it still warn me of a bad script or app?
     
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    mde8965 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great question. I have the same issues. In fact I removed it on my other computer due to this...
     
    mde8965, Apr 11, 2009
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  3. w500?

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    I add sites I visit regularly to the whitelist and don't have an issue. I have learned to click the button once on other sites to 'temporarily allow' it to run properly. I agree though, it could be a little easier, I have just become accustomed to using it. And since I don't use an AV, it gives me an extra feeling of security (even though I have no idea if it actually saved me at all, lol)
     
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I block all sites and only whitelist those that I trust enough to do so and then only if there is functionality missing when scripts are blocked. There are only about a dozen in all.

    Further, even though it is said that FlashBlock is not needed with NoScript (since NoScript also blocks flash), I run both. In this way, I can allow scripts on a site and still choose whether to permit flash.
     
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  5. Hiker

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    NoScripts seems to lose some of my settings after updates which are many.
     
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  6. passive101

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    How do people get it so it warns them about a script? I have never seen this before.
     
    passive101, Apr 12, 2009
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    Under options, notifications.
     
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  8. passive101

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    I will check that out.
     
    passive101, Apr 12, 2009
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