Immunization Does Not Recognize Firefox

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I'm using Spybot S&D 1.5.2 on Windows Vista Ultimate. The immunization feature does not recognize Firefox, it doesn't even show up in the list. Internet Explorer shows up just fine. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spybot, deleted the program data folders for it and can't get the problem solved. Does anybody have any suggestions? Also, I ran a tool called Browser CI I found a link to in another post, and Firefox does not show up in the list on the left side where all the IE entries are.
 
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Not that I am aware of. It should have been created the default way when you install Firefox. I was considering uninstalling Firefox and deleting my profile folder to see if that helps.
 
Well, the default folders should be easy to recognize for Spybot :sad:

In your Application Data folder, it looks for Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini, Local\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini and Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini. Inside that file (created by Firefox) it looks for any section named [Profile*] (with * being anything), and
uses the Path and IsRelative information. The only further condition is that a prefs.js file exists within the profile folder, which is automatically created by Firefox as well.
 
I'll look for the folders you mentioned and move them to the Recycle Bin after uninstalling Firefox, then I'll reinstall Firefox to see if that fixes it. I'll post back and let you know how it goes.
 
I uninstalled Firefox, deleted the Mozilla folders under AppData for my User folder, and then reinstalled Firefox and I still have the problem. So I looked at the folder structure Firefox created in my AppData folder and it's different from what you wrote Spybot looks for. Under AppData the only folders I have are Local, LocalLow and Roaming. There is no Mozilla folder here. Under Local\Mozilla\Firefox there is no profiles.ini file. Under Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox there is a profiles.ini file and it contains a section [Profile0] that references the profile folder. The profile folder also has the prefs.js file as well. Does any of this look like it might give Spybot a problem in not recognizing Firefox for immunization?
 
Okay.I was having some troubles with immunization when I installed beta 3,and I thought I'd see if maybe what you were going through was related,if you had firefox beta 3,too,but turns out,it probably isn't.Sorry about that. :)
 
Zenobia said:
Would you be using Firefox beta 3?
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Using Firefox Beta 3 has nothing to do with it. I am using Firefox beta 5pre and the immunization works properly. What I suggest is to undo the immunization and then apply it again. Sometimes when I update spybot and try to immunize it won't fully immunize. Give it a try.
 
No,this was not my problem with Firefox beta 3.My problem turned out to be that Immunization for Firefox appeared in Spybot,and the hostperm.1 file was present with all Spybot's entries,but Firefox was not really immunized,or certainly didn't appear to be since there was nothing listed in Exceptions for Cookies,or popups,etc,etc.I had to rename my permissions.sqlite file so that Firefox would import my hostperm.1 file with Spybot's entries in it,like it showed here:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3206561&sid=9188f1acb958f688476129dbc67be128
 
borhes:

There is no indication from the image you posted that there is any immunization being preformed specifically for Firefox.

The immunization that you depicted appears to be all for Internet Explorer except for the immunization for "Windows (Global Hosts)". The immunization for "Windows (Global Hosts)" would be universal for all browsers since it works on a system level and is not specifically related to any particular browser.
 
I am having the same or similar problem. I am getting 0 protected for firefox for cookies, images, installations, and popups. Nothing is protected and firefox is what I use all the time. I am running Vista Home Premium, with SP1 installed, and firefox installed in default locations. Any thoughts?
 
Ok, but why spybot don't recognize firefox 2.0.0.12. These problem exist about one or two month on my computer...
 
Ok, it's fixed. I did all this running spybot as admin. First I undid immunization. I closed spybot and ran again as admin. I ran immunization and nothing, nothing was protected. I then undid immunization again. Without closing spybot, I immunized and all was protected, including firefox.
 
borhes:

PepiMK said:
Well, the default folders should be easy to recognize for Spybot :sad:

In your Application Data folder, it looks for Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini, Local\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini and Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini. Inside that file (created by Firefox) it looks for any section named [Profile*] (with * being anything), and
uses the Path and IsRelative information. The only further condition is that a prefs.js file exists within the profile folder, which is automatically created by Firefox as well.
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What is the location of your profiles.ini file and does it contain the relevant information? Does the prefs.js file exist?
 
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