You can choose to be notified when a script is blocked, so should a site fail to function as expected you can opt to enable individual page elements as required. When you encounter such as site, you can easily add it to a whitelist so that scripts will be allowed to run now and in the future - ideal for banking and shopping sites. The addon automatically blocks all such content, but there may well be occasions when you need it to run. NoScript is a Firefox addon that can be used to prevent the running of scripts on the sites you visit. In addition to reducing the performance of sites, there is also the potential for scripts to be used for malicious purposes. Experts do agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript -)Ĭheck this user-contributed NoScript 10 primer.Īnd this NoScript 10 "Quantum" vs NoScript 5 "Classic" (or "Legacy") comparison.Web plugins such as Flash, Java and JavaScript can be used to add a range of interesting features to web sites, but there are also a number of downsides. Such a preemptive approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and unknown!) with no loss of functionality where you need it.
It protects your "trust boundaries" against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology. your banking site), thus mitigating remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, such as Spectre and Meltdown.
It allows JavaScript, Flash, and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice (e.g. Winner of the "PC World - World Class Award" and bundled with the Tor Browser, NoScript gives you the best available protection on the web.
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