Firefox/Mozilla exploit semi-permanenet fix

Ken Moffat kmoffat
Wed Feb 9 19:01:24 PST 2005


Brad De Vries wrote:

>>bill campbell wrote:
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>>I came across a very nice solution to this problem on another mailing list.
>>Install the ``Adblock'' extension (Tools->Extensions).  Restart FireFox,
>>then go to Tools->Adblock and add the filter pattern: /[^\x20-\xFF]/.
>>This will block andy URL that uses characters outside the normal ASCII range.
>>
>>Bill
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>Don't forget to turn on the 'Site Blocking' feature within Adblock Preferences:
>1) Tools | Adblock | Preferences...
>2) Click on 'Adblock Options' and check the 'Site Blocking' feature.
>3) Enter the filter Bill listed above.
>4) Accept the warning about the regular expression entry.
>
>Brad.
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No side effects? This allows all regular sites?


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ken




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