Vaccination with Mozilla Firefox

[annelau]

Is it any use activating the Vaccination option if I use Firefox and not Internet Explorer ?
Thanks

[noel-pr7]

annelau, there is NO vaccination option in Spybot for Firefox browsers. that feature isn't implemented and may not ever be.

[tashi]

Hi annelau.

See: http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=47143&postcount=4

Hello,

We are sorry, but the Immunization does not work for Firefox, it is only for the Internet Explorer.
Maybe in one of the coming versions there will be a bad download blocker for Firefox, but not at the moment.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

Cheers.

[annelau]

Thanks. I'll try to see if there is an add-on for Firefox somewhere that does something like it.

[md usa spybot fan]

annelau:

Spybot's immunization facility adds three (3) types of protection. It blocks cookies from some sites, blocks the download/execution of selected ActiveX processes and places other sites in the restricted zone.
The cookies that are blocked by Spybot's immunization facility are primarily third party cookies also know as "tracking" cookies. You can block third party cookies from being stored on your system from within the Firefox browser. See the following article:
Why do other anti-spyware applications detect so many more tracking cookies?
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=faq&detail=37
Note: It appears that some third-party cookies may not be blocked in Firefox by setting the options in the referenced article. Please see the comments by Zenobia (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=145) in last post of the following thread and consider using SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) in addition to blocking cookies from within the FireFox browser:
Avenue A
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=631
ActiveX processes can only execute under Internet Explorer and therefore are not a concern when using Firefox.
The restricted zone entries are only applicable to Internet Explorer. Depending on settings within Internet Explorer, placing sites in the restricted zone limits the storing of cookies and the download/execution of ActiveX processes from those sites. Since the storing of third party cookies can limited within the Firefox browser and ActiveX processes are not applicable to Firefox, the restricted zone entries that Spybot's immunization adds are not necessary when using Forefox.