Nortons Phising Filter for Firefox

Anyone have any clue on how to get rid of this without removing Norton IS 08? Im switching my Family to Avast! but after the Norton Subscription Runs our which is in 100 some odd days but until then im using this but this is what happen I updated it to Norton IS 08 because we were using 07 and during the setup it asked “would you like to add Norton Internet Security Phishing Filter to Firefox?” I clicked “don’t ask this question again” as to not get nagged and pressed “No” knowing that Firefox has its own Filter and so I started up Firefox and behold I have Norton’s Phishing Filter installed and thats what first ticked me off I pressed No and I still got it! now for the past week ive found a way to get rid of it for a day which is to manually go into
C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/Components and Move coFFplgn.dll with Unlocker and move it somewhere else or delete it but upon a restart usually the nightly shutdown its back in the morning which I believe to be Norton restoring it, I’m only asking here because I don’t want to have to deal with Symantec’s Notoriously bad Customer Support

Well I would guess it has a startup entry if it continues to come back, use msconfig, startup to check or use HiJackThis to check for the entry. Remove the entry for it and that should stop it running.

Surely IS 08 has a settings interface that you can disable the phishing filter ?
Or since it is a filter for firefox, I would hope that FF would be able to kick it into touch.

Firefox, has a built in anti-phishing function, also use OpenDNS(.com) as your DNS server as that too maintains a list of phishing and malicious sites, between that and the above it should cover your behind.

You could also use the WOT add-on not to mention they should have NoScript which should limit the potential if they did arrive at a phishing/malicious site.

I have WOT already installed and am going to be Using NoScript here soon thanks for the OpenDNS idea as well, as for the Hijack this entry I already Tried it and don’t believe I found it but I haven’t thought to use Msconfig yet I guess thats just me being lazy ;D

If it isn’t on HJT I would have though it is unlikely to be in msconfig, but won’t hurt to check.

yep, its not in Msconfig already checked as soon as I posted, so any other idea’s how to get rid of this annoying bugger?

Welcome to the paradise :wink:
Well, which other Symantec products are really installed? Is there a security center to disable (uninstall) this Firefox addon? Into Firefox extensions, is there any one related to Symantec? And into plugins?

Its only Norton Internet security it has a panel to turn off fishing but thats about it it turns off the Toolbar in firefox but it doesnt remove it

What about uninstalling NIS, use Norton Removal Tool, install NIS again without this Firefox component…
Seems stupid, but you know, sometimes computer things needs to be started again from the beginning…

True, I could do that, should have a “advanced” installation option I dont understand why in the first place Symantec made it so that if you click “no” it installs it anyway it acts kind of like spyware :wink:

If there is a toolbar then you must be able to remove the toolbar surely.

You could also try this, although designed for malicious toolbars it might just do the job (don’t know if it deals with firefox toolbars though). ToolbarCop http://www.snapfiles.com/get/toolbarcop.html

ah thanks very much im going to give it a try its not really bad but it does get annoying

You’re welcome, let us know if it at least works with firefox.

If your changing the protection over to avast!, why not get rid of the
Norton annoyance now and and change your AV service over?

Maybe because he wants the Symantec firewall (Norton Internet Security) ???

I dont change now because its my dad who paid for it and to him thats a waste of money even though to me buying Norton in the first place is a waste of money

Justin,
Who am I to tell you not to listen to your Dad.
I know I expect my kids to listen to their Dad even if they’re all much older than you. ;D