When will FireFox get Protected Mode for Vista?


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Can somebody please tell me, what exactly is the point in this protected mode? What does it do and do we really need it? Is it a reason to use IE over FF??

Thanks.

It's basically an implementation of a sandbox for your browser.

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Unless you run Firefox as admin, it's protected. It won't run ActiveX, so what's the problem? :unsure:

Hmmmm, I am running it as Admin, because some fool in my flat, who knows more about computers than me, told me to stop using a 'Standard' user account and use an 'Administrator' one as my main one... does that matter?

What could happen if I'm using Firefox with an Adminstrator account?

It's basically an implementation of a sandbox for your browser.

Ah, thank you. I can't really remember what a sandbox is though? Lol. Sorry.

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Ah, thank you. I can't really remember what a sandbox is though? Lol. Sorry.

A virtual playground for your applications. If something does go wrong, it's only confined to a very small boundary as opposed to your entire system.

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Easy fix, get a copy of Sandboxie, and run Firefox through that.

ActiveX not running (unless you install the embedding plugin) helps, but it's the bugs that allow code to run which do the real damage.

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If UAC is on, your Firefox install is already running as non-admin, so you have nothing to worry about. If you have UAC off, turn it on - it's a minor inconvenience for a whole lot of security.

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UAC confines it to the user.... so if there is a firefox exploit.... all of the local files for the user could be destroyed... whereas I think with low rights.... only the app can be screwed up.

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