Browsers forum: Which Antivirus works best with Firefox?

I have used Firefox with ZoneAlarm pro and AVG7 for sometime and everything works great

I use ZoneAlarm Security Suite and it has no problems with Firefox 4.

It's strange because a browser is just a browser, and anti-virus/firewalls don't really care about them, other than the firewall component may want to ask you if it should allow the browser to access the internet.

What is that link to ZA's comments about FF4?

May be it's some component of ZA Extreme that doesn't like FF4? EG, a browser add-on? If so, disable that.

By the way, you are posting into a thread that began in 2005. You're lucky that I 'pooped in' when I was just passing by.

Mark

With firefox and no IE you're probably safe enough anyway. I haven't found any malware with several different programs since using Firefox.

I don't know which one is BEST, but I have been using ZL
Security Suite & BitDefender with Firefox, and I think it's bulletproof. I also have Spyware Blaster (which is great!) Ad-Aware & MS Anti-spyware. Since I installed
Spyware Blaster, my Ad-Aware has had nothing to get rid of. I don't use the Ad-Aware much any more. I also went to www.infostar.com, gave Peter a donation for maintaining the best website going, and downloaded discombobulator, shoot the messenger and unpnp. I also did a free scan with ShieldsUp! and my PC is invisible, according to them!

Compaq S3000V W/ Pent IV, WinXP Home, 1gB RAM, 100
gB Western Digital HD, floppy, CD-ROM & CD-RW.
Good luck!

No browser should fail because of anti-virus, so your post is a little surprising. You don't say which anti-virus you use, nor what the full error message is, so it is difficult to say more, but I suspect there are other issues on this computer that is causing any failure.

Mark

We normally use the download option at http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Without knowing the 'full' error message it is difficult to diagnose the problem.

Mark

Please tell more details. In Firefox 3.6 in Tools>Options I can't find anything mentioning antivirus with me. Not even that it is compatible?

But you say in your message that you installed it and even can look in its options. So I'd say you can use it for school. No problem left. Everything fine.

Interesting side question: why can't you use Internet Explorer or Chrome for school?

Kees

Cookies are just text. They can't contain viruses. No need for an antivirus to scan them. And, from your story, you can use another browser for your mail if you use a webbased mail (like gmail or hotmail by default).

Then for the firefox add-on. There are 5000 of them. Which one is giving which exact message? Or do you mean the manage add ons, extensions of IE or of KAV? Not clear from your post.

Are you afraid that the course material contains a virus. That would be a bad course! If not, there's no need for using antivirus when visiting that school site. Use Firefox only for that and use a browser that makes you feel better protected for everything else.

Or use another antivirusprogram that's more compatible.

Or use the standard version of Firefox (that's 3.6.13 at the moment), in stead of the experimental 4.0. Nothing wrong, of course, of using test and beta versions of a program, but then don't come complaining here that not all your software is compatible with it. Better use it only in a special test machine.

Kees

I was only responding to someone's message. My instructors advised me not to use anything except firefox for my courses, especially with the 2 problems I've mentioned.

Some come here with problems and members do their best but there are no paid staff and no mandate to answer all questions. Some don't know that and get a little demanding which is OK but at that point someone will note what this place is!
bob