14 DAY TRIAL // The long-awaited Firefox 3.0 might include the Google security tools to discover dangerous websites just after the user enters its URL. Basically, this can be done with ease because the Mountain View company has an agreement with StopBadware that allows the search engine to flag the malicious pages and display two notification to inform the users about dangerous content included on the website.
"Similar to how Firefox 2 blocks Web sites that are potentially going to try to steal your personal information, Firefox 3 will block Web sites that we believe are going to try to install malicious programs on your computer. Mozilla is coordinating with Google on this feature," said Alex Faaborg, a user experience designer, according to PC World.
There is not much information about this potential function included in Firefox 3.0 because Mozilla's officials sustained the company is not prepared to talk about this feature. At this time, there are a lot of questions concerning the special abilities meant to be introduced in the latest version of Mozilla browser. Jesse Ruderman, an unpaid Firefox developer, asked what is looks to be the most important question of these speculations: "If a site does not appear in the blacklist but the response from Google says 'this is a malware site,' will Firefox stop showing the page immediately and load this error page in its place?".
According to PC World, Mozilla's chief security officer, Window Snyder, refused to give more information about the security features to be implemented into Firefox 3.0 but she said that they are placed on the second position as mandatory. "It's definitely one of the things we're looking at," she said.
As you know, Google is already an important partner for the existing versions of Firefox, providing them phishing information that helps the browser block dangerous website. Until we have more details about Firefox 3.0, you can enjoy a preview of the upcoming application, available on this link.