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Firefox Updated to 1.0.4

Posted by Zonk on from the patching-the-fox-hole dept.

Exstatica writes "Firefox has been updated to 1.0.4 and they have fixed a few critical security holes, all javascript vulnerabilities. The Mozilla Foundation announced these vulnerabilities May 7th. 'There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a proof of concept has been reported." You don't have to upgrade, but it's recommended.'" We've reported on these vulnerabilities previously.

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  1. Update process... by sznupi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    yes, I know the arguments behind it...but it would be relly nice if update didn't involve simply downloading installer (on mine 128kbps it's so so...and on slower?)

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    1. Re:Update process... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 5, Interesting
      So can you tell me what the argument(s) behind it are ?

      I find it very strange that the people I have converted (mostly not too tech-savvy) to using Firefox, still have to make re-installs themselves.

  2. Quick and serious on security by xiando · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These issues were announced on Monday, and now a security release is available. This shows how professional the Mozilla Foundation has become and how serious they take security issues. Good work! Security problems will inevitably appear from time to time in all kinds of software, how these issues are handled is to me just as important as the software itself. Good job!

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  3. Already upgraded by Walkiry · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Posting from 1.0.4 right now. Funny thing, after I upgraded and restarted the browser, I still had the "updates available" little red arrow on the top right corner of the browser. After checking for upgrades (and finding none), it's disappeared. Bug? Leftover registry entry or config file from 1.0.3?

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  4. Impressive by PenguinBoyDave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While I don't care for the update process, I am exceedingly impressed that Mozilla makes fixes so quickly, and doesn't try to hide them (like another browser company has done in the past). Professionalism...very nice to see this from Mozilla. Kudos!

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  5. Good, but I wish there was remote updating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As a system admin for our company, every new Firefox release means that I will have to go around to 150 workstations and manually reinstall the browser again to keep it up to date. I wish there was some sort of way to remotely update the browser on all machines or a way to patch vulnerabilities without a full reinstall.

  6. Amazingly fast response by jbarr · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My wife pointed out an article on Google News (that I had already seen earlier) showing that Firefox had some security vulnerabilities. She winced because I had just converter her to Firefox. I told her not to worry. I said, "Mark my words, there will be a security fix within a week." Well, today the fix was released and she was impressed. Not only has the Firefox development team improved the product, but they have made my wife happy! Life is good!

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  7. Re:One of the reasons i use Firefox. by 3terrabyte · · Score: 4, Interesting
    True. True.
    I switched to Firefox because I was sick of using IE. Ever since I've switched, AdAware has found ZERO spyware/malware incidents!

    To IE's meager defense, I'm sure there might have been a setting somewhere that might have tightened up the holes, but switching to Firefox has been easier. Plus, I'm addicted to the tabbed browing.

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