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Please make it impossible for stealing stored passwords on Firefox

Dushan — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:41:49 GMT

Yesterday, while looking for text to speech voices, I downloaded a zip file from this site:

When I extracted and opened the file my PC went out of control and all my stored passwords were stolen then changed, and I could not access my own hotmail, linkedIn, google and other accounts.
Please make it impossible for any malware to gain access to stored passwords on Firefox.

Thanking you in advance,

Dushan BOODHENA

Re: Please make it impossible for stealing stored passwords on Firefox

Serg — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:44:14 GMT

@Dushan sorry to hear you got hacked. Unfortunately there is not much a browser (an app on your system) can do once malware is running on your system. It's best to double check any download for viruses, especially the ones promising you cracked versions of software.

Re: Please make it impossible for stealing stored passwords on Firefox

daninsatx — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:02:47 GMT

Maybe use the bitwarden add on. I use it for my passwords and it works on several different browsers. It is free and probably would not have been hacked since it is encrypted and you have to enter a password to access pw.

Re: Please make it impossible for stealing stored passwords on Firefox

Serg — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:10:47 GMT

Bitwarden and any other password manager are a good tool to use. But all of them are apps on the system, if system has a malware on it none of the apps can be secured.