Browser.safebrowsing.enabled

Background

Firefox 2.0 incorporates the Google Safe Browsing extension in its own Phishing Protection feature to detect and warn users of phishy web sites. This preference, along with browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups, determines whether or not the Safe Browsing functionality is active.

Possible values and their effects

True

Compare visited URLs against a blacklist or submit URLs to a third party to determine whether a site is legitimate. (Default)

False

Disable Safe Browsing.

Caveats

• If this preference or browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups is not set (neither true nor false), Safe Browsing will do nothing.

UI

Mozilla Firefox

A checkbox labeled “Block reported web forgeries” is located under Tools → Options → Security.

SeaMonkey

In SeaMonkey 2.18 and later, this checkbox is located in the Edit → Preferences → Privacy & Security main tab.

First checked in

2006-05-12 by Brett Wilson

Has an effect in

• Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds since 2006-05-12; 2.0a3 and above)
• SeaMonkey (nightly builds since 2013-02-03; 2.18a1 and above)

Related bugs

• Bug 329292 - add SafeBrowsing anti-phishing extension to trunk for evaluation
• Bug 336832 - set pref defaults for safe browsing
• Bug 477718 - Implement Phishing Protection support in SeaMonkey

Related preferences

• browser.safebrowsing.dataProvider
• browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled
• browser.safebrowsing.provider.*
• browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups
• browser.safebrowsing.warning.infoURL
• urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.*
• urlclassifier.tableversion.*

External links

• Phishing Protection - MozillaWiki