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Mozilla/Firefox Bug Allows Arbitrary Program Execution

treefort writes "An article at eWeek has the lowdown. The article also has a link to the bug report which addressed this issue some time ago. Still, I feel safer using Firefox since malicious persons are much more unlikely to target any vulnerabilites. Note that this only affects users of Mozilla and Firefox on Windows XP or Windows 2000." New releases are already available on mozilla.org that fix this. Update: 07/09 00:41 GMT by CN : I removed the bum link to Bugzilla, since I guess they don't like us. Also I discovered that OSDN's own NewsForge has more on the situation.

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  1. Firefox and Windows 98 by cool_st_elizabeth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    so glad I didn't "update" to Win XP.

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  4. EDITORS! by fermion · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Why do we still get daily stories about how bad MS Windows programs are. It is just flamebait. Anyone on /. who still uses MS Windows knows that they need to check bug reports hourly and download updates daily. By the time it gets posted to /. it is too late to help. Half the internet has already been devastated.

    I say no more! We gain nothing by making fun of those poor souls that must use MS Windows. We should have sympathy for these misguided children and not publicly air their misfortunes.

    Stop the Madness! We, like Fox News, must limit ourselves to positive MS stories. But we can do even more. We can actively search for negative *nix stories in hope that our misfortune will make those hapless lusers feel better.

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  5. Moderation by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone else notice the horrendous moderation on this article? It seems the OSS zealots are out in force tonight, eager to hide any comments that potentially threaten their arguments. I posted a similar comment to this one and it was called flamebait. Why? I guess these comments are too dangerous to the groupthink here on Slashdot.

  6. I'm so lonely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's been almost two months since graduation, and I'm still living on campus, by myself, in a hundred twenty square foot single. I haven't left the building in more than three weeks. Perhaps the Chinese delivery place will wonder why I stopped calling. More likely, they won't even notice, and wouldn't care if they did. My so-called friends packed up and left without saying goodbye, and the only phone call I've answered since then was a wrong number; the other party hung up immediately. I've had all this time alone to absorb the crushing emptiness of my life and let it ferment. I dwell on the horror of solitude, knowing the company of strangers is infinitely worse. Life has spit me out filthy and wet and passed me by with nary a thought. If this comment gets modded down tonight, I am going to kill myself. The method: asphyxiation by carbon monoxide inhalation. The place: the parking lot behind my dorm. Yes, I'm aware Slashdot is not the appropriate forum for this kind of thing, yes, I'm aware of the dripping pathos. Call this a cry for help or whatever you want. I'm sure I'll merit at least a two-line summary in the death notices. -J.D. in NYC

  7. Re:A clear advantage by matth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh?
    Let's try :: QMAIL

    As far as I know QMAIL is bug free.. and has been for a very long time.