Disabling antivirus in Firefox 3 beta

**randomizer** · 05-11-2008 11:57 PM

Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.

EDIT: Disable Automatic Virus Scanning in Firefox 3

**Farhang** · 05-12-2008 01:20 AM

FF3 has an antivirus? I`m using it for months now and never noticed it.

*Runs like hell*

**randomizer** · 05-12-2008 01:22 AM

Download something (anything at all) and look at the download manager when it reaches 100%.

**Farhang** · 05-12-2008 01:32 AM

Oh, i use Internet Download Manager! LOL Never used Firefox built in download manager.

**Lionhardt** · 05-12-2008 02:48 PM

Should I actually use FF3 Beta or should i stick with FF2 for now?

**SuperFly03** · 05-12-2008 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Lionhardt

Should I actually use FF3 Beta or should i stick with FF2 for now?

That was going to be my question.

**Gneisenau** · 05-12-2008 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by randomizer

Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.

I hope the stuff they took out to shrink it's memory footprint wasn't the stuff that made it run stable...

**SirRobin4ever** · 05-12-2008 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Lionhardt

Should I actually use FF3 Beta or should i stick with FF2 for now?

I've been using FF3 since Beta1, they're now on Beta5. Since then, I've seen a lot of changes. In fact, the original one couldn't open yahoo email or hotmail.

I'd say go ahead and try it, I like it. One or two things don't quite work, but it's definitely faster and uses less memory.

Originally Posted by Gneisenau

I hope the stuff they took out to shrink it's memory footprint wasn't the stuff that made it run stable...

I don't have any stability problems with it, personally. I can use the same FF instance for days without crashes. Memory management is excellent, it keeps the footprint down A LOT.

**randomizer** · 05-12-2008 06:53 PM

It still sits just under 100Mb, but that's ALOT better than FF2. I really only have problems when using blackboard vista, that's the only time it crashes. I wish my uni would drop that old *** slow software.

**Farhang** · 05-13-2008 11:16 AM

Yeah, FF3 seems a lot better than FF2.

**prozac26** · 05-13-2008 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by randomizer

It still sits just under 100Mb, but that's ALOT better than FF2. I really only have problems when using blackboard vista, that's the only time it crashes. I wish my uni would drop that old *** slow software.

Yea.

That's good, considering I was getting about 120 - 130, and FF3 uses like 80 - 90 mb.

**randomizer** · 05-13-2008 07:36 PM

FF3 breaks some websites by not showing image links, just the name of the link so I get random text on the screen.

**aliG da taco** · 05-14-2008 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by randomizer

Is there a way to disable it? If I want to scan for viruses I'll do it manually. Some how I doubt my own photobucket images contain viruses anyway. So far I like FF3, it's full of bugs and crashes somewhat frequently, but its better at memory management than FF2.

I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest

**SuperFly03** · 05-14-2008 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by aliG da taco

I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest

Because who the F wants antivirus scanning in a web browser? I sure don't.

Isn't that what..... antivirus software is for?

**randomizer** · 05-16-2008 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by aliG da taco

I think that's a problem with your machine specificly, I've had ff3 since beta 1 up to beta 5 without a single problem, along with plenty of other people. Try reinstalling the latest beta, that might fix it, and besides why would you disable it anyways? It only takes a few seconds at longest

If the "problem" you are referring to is the crashes I mentioned, they are only a problm on my university website, so no real biggy. The reason I want to disable the antivirus is because those few seconds add up every time I save an image to my desktop and sit there waiting for the undefined loading bar to finish. Also...

Originally Posted by SuperFly00

Because who the F wants antivirus scanning in a web browser? I sure don't.

Isn't that what..... antivirus software is for?

Amen. I installed AVG to scan torrents and no-dvd cracks, I don't need firefox to do it for me and I certainly don't feel the need to scan every damn picture and text file it saves.

**randomizer** · 06-08-2008 10:55 PM

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