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From:  Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: Does Firefox call Google?
Date:  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:29:06 +0300
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On 09/23/2009 03:10 AM, Grant wrote:
>>> Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for
>>> some reason?  The person logging in says they aren't attempting to
>>> access Google, and the home page is not set to go there.  Does anyone
>>> know why this might be happening?
>>
>> If you haven=92t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current=
 list of
>> malware addresses for its phising filter.
>
> Thank you.  Is this the checkbox: "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is
> a suspected attack site."

Two options, in the "Security" tab:

"Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries."