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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 778404" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>When using FireFox, the malicious website will not be blocked by SmartScreen.</p><p>SmartScreen will check the executables downloaded via FireFox when you will try to execute them.</p><p>FireFox has built-in 'Phishing and Malware Protection':</p><p>"<em>When you download an application file, Firefox checks the site hosting it against a list of sites known to contain "malware". If the site is found on that list, Firefox blocks the file immediately, otherwise it asks Google’s Safe Browsing service if the software is safe by sending it some of the download’s metadata</em>."</p><p><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work" target="_blank">How does built-in Phishing and Malware Protection work? | Firefox Help</a></p><p>The open question is if FireFox downloads are compatible with WD cloud protection. The malware demo samples downloaded from the WD demo web page, are totally ignored by WD cloud protection. They are detected when using Edge and Google Chrome.</p><p></p><p>Edit.</p><p>I pushed my post too late, you have got two excellent answers, already.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite135" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle :giggle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":giggle:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 778404, member: 32260"] When using FireFox, the malicious website will not be blocked by SmartScreen. SmartScreen will check the executables downloaded via FireFox when you will try to execute them. FireFox has built-in 'Phishing and Malware Protection': "[I]When you download an application file, Firefox checks the site hosting it against a list of sites known to contain "malware". If the site is found on that list, Firefox blocks the file immediately, otherwise it asks Google’s Safe Browsing service if the software is safe by sending it some of the download’s metadata[/I]." [URL='https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work']How does built-in Phishing and Malware Protection work? | Firefox Help[/URL] The open question is if FireFox downloads are compatible with WD cloud protection. The malware demo samples downloaded from the WD demo web page, are totally ignored by WD cloud protection. They are detected when using Edge and Google Chrome. Edit. I pushed my post too late, you have got two excellent answers, already.:giggle: [/QUOTE]
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