Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:05:34
Message-Id: 49bf44f10909221905uaebfa02v7c7ad3c99d1237ca@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 >>>> Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for
2 >>>> some reason?  The person logging in says they aren't attempting to
3 >>>> access Google, and the home page is not set to go there.  Does anyone
4 >>>> know why this might be happening?
5 >>>
6 >>> If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current list
7 >>> of
8 >>> malware addresses for its phising filter.
9 >>
10 >> Thank you.  Is this the checkbox: "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is
11 >> a suspected attack site."
12 >
13 > Two options, in the "Security" tab:
14 >
15 > "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries."
16
17 Thanks, you must be on 3.5.
18
19 - Grant