Chris Mosby at myITforum.com

I see Rod has been blogging a lot about Firefox 2.0 lately, and I figured I would chime in with a list of my favorite add-ons for Firefox.

I’ll start of with a few “essential” add-ons, the ones that I always load first, as they add even more to Firefox’s security.

1. NoScript “Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content only for trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site. This whitelist based preemptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality...
   Experts do agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript ;-)”   Blogger’s Note: I love this add-on, with a lot of malware being loaded though the browser these days, you can’t be too careful. With the ability to whitelist scripts on the Web sites you trust, this sure beats the “all-or-nothing” approach that is still part of IE 7.
2.  AdBlock “Once installed, it's a snap to filter elements at their source-address. Just right-click: Adblock: done. Filters use either the wildcard character (*)
   or full Regular Expression syntax. Hit the status-element and see what has or hasn't been blocked.”  Blogger’s Note: I hate ads on Web pages, they drive me crazy.  Since sometimes those ads can carry infected code, its a good idea to block what you can. You will never see this ability in IE.
3. Adblock Filterset.G Updater “This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adblock that blocks most ads on the Internet. In addition, this extension allows you to define your own set of filters that you can add along with Filterset.G during an update. To report missed ads or problems with the extension visit the support forums http://forum.pierceive.com/.” Blogger’s Note: This makes AdBlock even better by pre-loading sites that are blocked from showing ads.
4. Flashblock  “Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it.” Blogger’s Note: One of these days, someone will make a good Flash virus, with this you are already covered!