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does fireshot and screengrab (firefox addones) have virus

#1 dinesh4260

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 06:38 AM

i am using firefox 3 and i want a fireshot or screengrab (addones) to be installed,so that i can take a picture of the webpage iam whenever i wanted it .

does this contain any malware......or is there is any similar software like this.......please help needed.

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#2 jgweed

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 09:36 AM

Generally speaking, the add-ons found at Mozilla are very safe. The user community would have raised a commotion if something contained malware and it would have been removed at once.

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 11:18 AM

I use FireShot without any problems.

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 07:43 PM

thanks for your replies jgweed and Konstantin.

ihave 2 questions,

1. last time i installed fireshot,and my spybot popuped a change in registry window and i allowed it.and thereafter my net connection failed to work,and i somewhat managed to bring it back.

can u tell me any precautions or something that i can do to prevent my pc.

and iam using comodo firewall and avast antivirus.

2. which you think is the best fireshot or screengrab.

This post has been edited by dinesh4260: 13 February 2009 - 07:46 PM

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