Are plug-ins downloaded from the web safe?

Macworld newsletter just sent out an article about the most useful Safari plug-ins (http://lm.macworld.com/t/1158383/7026212/108592/0/). How do you know if it is safe to install a plug-in that sounds very useful but has been downloaded from the web?

Hi Mike --
The only extension I've heard of having problems is Safari AdBlock, which I did not
on that list. I would trust MacWorld about 90% of the time. You can always delete them
if they don't work out. I would also trust their site for downloading.
Hope this helps.

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Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari, and test.
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can also interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it as well, if it's present.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.

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or
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You can tell by the extension, what kind of plug-in it is.
E.G. BorderFX.ApertureExport is an export plug-in, BorderFXEditPlugin.ApertureEdit an edit plug-in.
Regards
Léonie
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Thanks for the reply. I wish I could tell you that your suggestions solved my problem - they didn't.
I've deleted the affected printer, then added the printer again; I've reset the printing system, then added the printer again; I've downloaded printer drivers, deleted the affected printer, then added the printer again.
I plan to contact hp later this week for further assistance as you suggest.
My printer is a hp OfficeJetPro L7590.
I've enclosed screen shots illustrating the situation.
Regards,
R

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daikambu65 wrote:
Corky, I just tried the path you suggested. I moved the files up one level from LIbrary>Application Assistants>Aperture>Plug Ins>Edit to the Plug Ins folder. It worked.
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Problems trying to download from the web

Hi guys:
This is the firstime that I post something here, so here's my question:
I got a problem with an IPS Module, because when I want to download something from the web (FTP, HTTP,etc) it's very slow, for example if I want to download something of 3 mb it takes like 1 hour to download so I was checking the Service Policy Rules in the ASA and I just uncheck the one that I think was affecting which was FTP, but the problem still there, so I disable the IPS module and everything works great, so right now I'm checking the signatures in the IPS but I cannot find anything yet, so I want to know if anyone has this problem before.
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Regards.

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1330-15: TCP packet's sequence was already ACKed by peer (excluding
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1330-16: TCP packet failed PAWS check (PAWS=protection against wrapped
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1330-17: TCP segment out of state order. If a packet in a stream causes this
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1330-18: TCP segment out of window. If a packet in a stream causes this
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1330-19: TCP packet has timestamp option but the stream's SYN packet did not.
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1330-20: TCP packet with SYN and ACK flags set has window scale option but the
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set to modify packet inline or if the signature status is set to disabled the
window scale option will be cleared.
1330-21: TCP packet has selective ACK ok option but the stream's SYN packet
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