Firefox 3.0 will warn a dangerous website

With the number of black websites expanding like mushrooms after the rain, the Mozilla Foundation decided to apply " security with pincer " tricks, enhancing the ability of self-defense for users.

First of all, Firefox 3.0, the latest version of the open source browser, due to be released later this year, will be equipped with malicious code detection in the Website that users are trying to access.

" Firefox 2 has absolutely no malware detection mechanism, " the Mozilla Foundation said.

Next, the company's experts are also developing an interface that warns users that the site they are about to visit is dangerous.

" A pop-up window is not enough. We want to set up an alert that users cannot mistake ."

Last month, security firm Sophos said the number of standalone Web sites has grown at rocket speeds recently, from 5,000 new websites per day in April to nearly 30,000 standalone websites per day (early July).

New interface

One of the reasons, according to Sophos, is that hackers no longer regard email as the most effective means of distributing malware.

" In some cases, hackers create their own standalone sites. But most of them only hack legitimate websites and embed malware in ."

According to Mozilla's estimation, the warning message in Firefox 3 will be written in red capital letters hitting the eye. It also does not allow users to choose between " Continue access " and " Skip ", which means that there is no way to download the malicious website to the computer.

One of the most difficult aspects of this project is to ensure that the new Firefox interface communicates well and clearly with users. Mozilla is writing a new series of code for the upcoming version of Firefox, replacing the old code to increase the performance and power of the Fire Fox.

Firefox 3.0 will be able to handle security risks such as phishing more effectively. Number of memory errors, buffer overflows . will be minimized.

Trong Cam