{"id":368,"date":"2012-05-24T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=368"},"modified":"2012-06-14T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T15:01:15","slug":"check-your-firefox-plug-ins-in-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/05\/24\/check-your-firefox-plug-ins-in-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Firefox Plug-Ins in 5 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have five minutes? In the time you\u2019d wait for a barista to make you a fancy coffee drink, you could be clicking a few buttons in your browser to enhance your Web experience. For example, you could check your plug-ins. Plugins are built outside of Firefox, and often power videos, animation and games.<\/p>\n<p>To check, go to Tools -&gt; Add-ons and select the &#8220;Plug-ins&#8221; tab. Scroll through that list. For most folks the only plug-ins that are really useful are Flash and Silverlight. (and the &#8220;Mozilla Default Plug-in&#8221; if you see one). Unless you know you need it, go ahead and disable any other plug-ins in the list. This will probably help Firefox perform better and certainly keep you safer. You can always re-enable the plug-in if you find that you need it later.<\/p>\n<p>Now, restart Firefox so these plug-ins get unloaded from your browser.<\/p>\n<p>Plugins don&#8217;t always update automatically. Another way to check your plug-ins is to visit this Mozilla site &#8211; <a title=\"Plug-In Check\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/plugincheck\/ \">Plug-In Check<\/a>. It will tell you if a plug-in is out of date, and therefore you\u2019re more vulnerable to security threats. On this page, you can update those plug-ins that you decide to keep.<\/p>\n<p>Voila! In under five minutes you did a bit of browser cleaning, and made yourself more secure online. Feels good, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have five minutes? In the time you\u2019d wait for a barista to make you a fancy coffee drink, you could be clicking a few buttons in your browser to enhance your Web experience. 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