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Congratulations - BrowserProtect 1.1.3 is installed!

 

We recommend that you install our FREE total anti-hijacking solution: BrowserProtect Premium to protect not just your Firefox but also your Microsoft Internet Explorer and Google Chrome against all types of hijacks.
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Protection

BrowserProtect is out-of-the-box ready now to watch for browser hijack attempts so there's literally nothing you should turn on or worry about. Whenever a hijack threat appears BrowserProtect will surface an alert specifying its details so you can you choose whether to accept or block it.

BrowserProtect Alert

Configuration

BrowserProtect contains very few configuration options by design reachable via the Firefox Addon setting screen or the BrowserProtect taskbar icon. In it you can change the hijack threat levels you would to be notified about and to specify approved list of configuration changes - ces't tout!

BrowserProtect Configuration

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Change log

Version 1.1.4 June 5, 2011 56.3 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 6.0a1
* Initial BP checkup against known hijacks upon first run
* Improved false positive detections
* Checks against the hidden default search engine of Firefox
* Localized experience for: French, Dutch, Swedish and Chinese (thanks folks!)
* Bug fix for the Facebook sharing option

Version 1.1.3 April 28, 2011 49.3 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 6.0a1
* Minor bug fixes
* Minefield 64bit night builds ready
* Option to remove the Facebook sharing from the alert page
* Localization ready - contact us at info[at]browserprotect.org if you would like to contribute and make BrowserProtect in other languages!
* Uninstall survey

Version 1.1.2 January 20, 2011 47.1 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0.*
* Clearer information for hijacks
* Reduced install size
* Catching now installs that disguise their search as the browser's default search
* Catching now installs that take the homepage and change the type of homepage setting later
* Status bar activation
* Centralized notification dialog
* Facelifting of settings toolbar
* Firefox 4.0 Homepage settings

Version 1.1.1 October 26, 2010 187.4 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0.*
* Critical bug fix on alerting for url bar search
* Moved all resources to an external DTD
* minimized JavaScript size

Version 1.1.0 October 23, 2010 192.5 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b8pre
Clearer pop up style notification on hijack

Version 1.0.9 October 16, 2010 177.2 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b8pre
* Clearer notification box on hijack
* Various bugz

Version 1.0.8 October 11, 2010 181.2 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b8pre
* Added modes of protection against hijack software

Version 1.0.7 October 5, 2010 179.2 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b8pre
* Consolidated notification on all potential malicious attempts
* Bug fix for repeated alerts
* Bug fix for homepage exceptions

Version 1.0.6 July 28, 2010 178.2 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b6pre
* BrowserProtect options setting bug

Version 1.0.5 July 24, 2010 178.2 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 3.6.*
* Options for the add-on for exceptions!

Version 1.0.4 July 15, 2010 175.1 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 3.6.*
* Bug fix for false-positives alerts for URL Bar configuration

Version 1.0.3 June 30, 2010 174.1 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 3.6.*
* White-listing following exceptions: Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Bing, Ask, Wikipedia, Amazon.com
* Protecting against URL Bar search hijacking

Version 1.0.2 June 26, 2010 173.1 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 3.6.*
* Ignoring now the obvious built-in Mozilla Firefox homepage and search engines to reduce false-positives

Version 1.0.1 June 12, 2010 173.1 KB

  • Firefox 3.0 - 3.6.*
* First version

 

 

BrowserProtect is a browser anti-hijack solution to protect your browser against obtrusive attempts to alter your various settings like home page, search providers and address bar search.