I Am A Noob: Is NoScript Right For Me?
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:22 am
To Whom It May Concern,
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post and hopefully leave your opinion/guidance.
Let me give you background as to why I am here:
the other day I installed ESET Smart Security 4 (the 30 day trial) because my Kaspersky license recently expired and I wanted to see what other security software was on the market. As a test of the new software I decided to visit a particular website that Kaspersky had always given me warning notifications about, because the site was trying to install some malware/trojan. When I visited this website ESET did not give me any warning at all and a ESET technician told me they were going to add that attack site to the next virus signature release. So basically I was pretty sure my system had been compromised by this website under ESET, not under Kaspersky. I ran some malware checking programs like Prevx and Malwarebytes and as far as i know they did not find any issues with my system. I then updated my ESET signatures and ran the scan. ESET found an issue and cleaned it and now everytime I visit that attack site ESET blocks it and shows a warning. So that is the background of how this whole thing started.
Here is my question and thank you for sticking around to read all this.
When I was having the isse stated above, many people told me to use Provx and Malwarebytes and some told me to use "sandboxie" from now on. Some people also told me to get something that prevents dangerious scripts from running. I am using Firefox with the most current updates and I noticed NoScript was an available addon. I am a noob and I don't know anything really about prtoection and stuff. I know this addon starts protecting me right after I intall it, but is this the type of "script stopping" security that is right for me? Is this the stuff they were talking about?
Thank you for your help.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post and hopefully leave your opinion/guidance.
Let me give you background as to why I am here:
the other day I installed ESET Smart Security 4 (the 30 day trial) because my Kaspersky license recently expired and I wanted to see what other security software was on the market. As a test of the new software I decided to visit a particular website that Kaspersky had always given me warning notifications about, because the site was trying to install some malware/trojan. When I visited this website ESET did not give me any warning at all and a ESET technician told me they were going to add that attack site to the next virus signature release. So basically I was pretty sure my system had been compromised by this website under ESET, not under Kaspersky. I ran some malware checking programs like Prevx and Malwarebytes and as far as i know they did not find any issues with my system. I then updated my ESET signatures and ran the scan. ESET found an issue and cleaned it and now everytime I visit that attack site ESET blocks it and shows a warning. So that is the background of how this whole thing started.
Here is my question and thank you for sticking around to read all this.
When I was having the isse stated above, many people told me to use Provx and Malwarebytes and some told me to use "sandboxie" from now on. Some people also told me to get something that prevents dangerious scripts from running. I am using Firefox with the most current updates and I noticed NoScript was an available addon. I am a noob and I don't know anything really about prtoection and stuff. I know this addon starts protecting me right after I intall it, but is this the type of "script stopping" security that is right for me? Is this the stuff they were talking about?
Thank you for your help.