no longer contain anti-phishing protection<\/a>. The soon-to-be-released update, version 2.0.0.19, will disable the Google SafeBrowsing support in the browser. This version of Firefox uses a version 1 of SafeBrowsing, and Google has told Mozilla that the use of this version of the feature will be discontinued.<\/p>\nThere’s really no reason to continue using Firefox 2, however, unless the system requirements of Firefox 3 prevent you from upgrading. You need at least Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) to use Firefox 3, so if you are using Tiger or later, you’d be best off to just upgrade to the newest version of the browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you’re about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to this version of its web browser, it will no longer contain anti-phishing protection. The soon-to-be-released update, version 2.0.0.19, will disable the Google SafeBrowsing support in the browser. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-security-privacy","category-software-apps"],"yoast_head":"\n
Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Mac Security Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter James\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter James\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter James\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116\"},\"headline\":\"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/images\\\/firefox.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Security & Privacy\",\"Software & Apps\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/images\\\/firefox.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/images\\\/firefox.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/images\\\/firefox.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Mac Security Blog\",\"description\":\"Keep Macs safe from the dangers of the Internet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Intego\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png\",\"width\":875,\"height\":875,\"caption\":\"Intego\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116\",\"name\":\"Peter James\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter James\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.intego.com\\\/mac-security-blog\\\/author\\\/peter\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog","description":"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog","og_description":"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to","og_url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/","og_site_name":"The Mac Security Blog","article_published_time":"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Peter James","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter James","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/"},"author":{"name":"Peter James","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116"},"headline":"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection","datePublished":"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/"},"wordCount":138,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","articleSection":["Security & Privacy","Software & Apps"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/","name":"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection - The Mac Security Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","datePublished":"2008-12-05T15:17:06+00:00","description":"If you still use Firefox 2 (Firefox 3 has been available for some time), you're about to lose a security feature. When Mozilla releases the next update to","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-2-to-lose-anti-phishing-protection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Firefox 2 to Lose Anti-Phishing Protection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/","name":"The Mac Security Blog","description":"Keep Macs safe from the dangers of the Internet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization","name":"Intego","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png","width":875,"height":875,"caption":"Intego"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116","name":"Peter James","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02040a1b56c0554236733a69e59ffeacde3aff8b1d8fb9818a2b71ebbc0e2484?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter James"},"url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/author\/peter\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\")
<\/p>\n