Outpost question

Every time i view a site with outpost running it keeps having these pop ups saying Mozilla program has changed would you like to use the new update (or somethin like that) i look at details and it seems the site has a .dll downloading to view it properly or something.

Is there any way i can disable this so the popup doesnt always come up as its quite annoying.

Thanks

 

That is the component control feature of Outpost. You can turn it off, or if you are patient, the alerts will lessen as time goes on until they are few and far between.

You can get more info on the excellent Outpost forum.

 

What exactly is component control and do we need it to be switched on. i.e what will happen if i turned it off, if i ever figure out how to.

Thanks

 

I think I can only muster a semi-accurate, half technical response.

It's another security layer of defense - I believe it alerts you when an application that has web access loads a new DLL or some such event. I believe it is intended to help prevent trojans from masquerading as or taking over a trusted application.

The firewall component of Outpost will continue to work just fine if you turn it off, but like I wrote earlier, the alerts wil die down in time.

 

Im using normal mozilla 1.7.2