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1. jr Says:
   March 6th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

   Darn, I’ve been using the Email Notifier without knowing that it was a spyware. Unfortunately there isn’t another addon that is similar to it, so I’m in a dilemma over whether to remove it or not, since it’s really useful.

2. James Yeang Says:
   March 6th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

   I’d advise removing it. Not worth the potential identity theft. Try searching online for alternatives. This is one for gmail.

   https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/173/

3. Foxtrotter Says:
   March 7th, 2007 at 1:15 am

   Most valuable information. Thanks.
   Fortunately, even though I have 60 running Firefox extensions, none was in the blacklist.
   Well, that does feel like a breeze of fresh air.

4. James Yeang Says:
   March 9th, 2007 at 2:46 am

   No problem Foxtrotter – glad it helped

5. papajoneh Says:
   May 5th, 2007 at 11:39 am

   geez… i have 18 extension and thanks to the list… none of them there. Pheewwws… nice to know that. Thanks again James.

6. James Yeang Says:
   May 5th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

   Glad to be of help papajoneh!

7. Maartje Says:
   May 17th, 2007 at 10:19 am

   Where is the list? I don’t see it.

8. Nancy Says:
   May 19th, 2007 at 9:04 am

   Is stumble upon what you mean, you wrote stumble it. I love that extension. Is it really dangerous?

9. James Yeang Says:
   May 20th, 2007 at 7:39 am

   Nancy: No it’s not – I think you’re referring to my feedflare where it’s there for people to stumbleupon this post. Apologies for any confusion :)

10. Zia Says:
    July 11th, 2007 at 4:22 am

    Thanks…I now try to restrict the number of extensions.

11. Cheri Says:
    August 26th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    Hello, Just StumbledUpon this site and was looking for the “Massive list of Firefox extensions you DON’T want to install.” I’ve looked and looked for the list, cannot find it. Is it still available? Thanks.

12. James Yeang Says:
    August 26th, 2007 at 8:29 am

    Hi Cheri – yeah it is – click the link in the post below or visit this one…
    http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=500994

13. Alfred Einstein Says:
    November 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    I don’t use Firefox because:
    1. Add-ons are the primary point of entry for browser malware.
    2. Firefox needs add-ons to be fully functional.

    Despite all the fuss about IE, I still use it. (Actually, I use Avant, which is an improved GUI wrapped around the IE core.)

    For protection, I disable ActiveX. And I use Spyware Guard to catch any add-ons trying to attach themselves to IE. It has caught a few of those in the last couple of years.

14. Andrew White Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    I think most of the Firefox extensions available officially are safe Alfred and Firefox in general is much safer than IE. Both Spyware Guard and Spyware Blaster from Javacool are excellent additions to any security suite.

15. ttt Says:
    March 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    I don’t see the list!

16. James Yeang Says:
    March 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    ttt:look for the word AVOID in the post above. That link leads to the list!

17. anne Johnson Says:
    November 7th, 2008 at 6:10 am

    i want to unistall Mozilla firefox from my pc

18. Anon Says:
    December 27th, 2008 at 5:04 am

    To all those scared about firefox: just uninstall addons from the list, and check the ratings/comments of addons before installing them. Alternatively, just install addons that Mozilla recommends (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/recommended), that’ll include most of what you want anyway.

    Or, if you’re really scared, just use opera or safari or chrome (anything but the slow, standards-non-compliant, shitty browser that is ie).

    Oh, and for mail notifiers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4490 for general use, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/173 for gmail, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1264 for yahoo.

19. saitokthx Says:
    December 27th, 2008 at 5:29 am

    omg the worst thing i’ve ever installed on my firefox was :undo closed tabs: where you can do the SAME THING by pressing Ctrl + shift +T
    waste of memory

20. asda Says:
    February 1st, 2009 at 6:43 am

    Where are they???????

21. subfugitive Says:
    February 3rd, 2009 at 4:18 am

    I second that — where is the actual list of extensions to avoid? (Or am I being dense?)

22. James Yeang Says:
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 am

    @asda & subfugitive: look for the word AVOID in the post above. That link leads to the list :)

23. dave Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Maybe I’m just dumb, but it says what ad on to stay way from. I been lookin all over, and I can’t find this list. Is this a dangerous web site your using my email for bad reasons?

24. Chuamel Says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 2:50 am

    Thanks for providing all these useful tips by your website.
    IE has a ‘clear-type font’ extension or feature for easier reading of webpages (fonts will be bolder) when accessed by IE. Does Firefox have something similar for us seniors?

25. James Yeang Says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    @dave: look for the word AVOID in the post above. That link leads to the list :)

    @Chuamel: Once you install clear-type I believe it affects all fonts in Windows, not just in IE. Which means it should enchance Firefox, and even work documents as well.

26. Chuamel Says:
    September 10th, 2009 at 7:34 am

    TQ, James Yeang. But sadly when I use firefox & work documents, it does not work. My firefox is Ver 3.0.14.

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