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Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1, Firefox 1.5.0.5 Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yay-for-mythical-creatures dept.

nuyorker and hdm wrote to mention the new releases for Thunderbird and Firefox. hdm writes "This release of Firefox fixes 12 security holes, many of which can be used to execute malicious code. The Browser Fun project has provided an online demonstration of one of these flaws. This demonstration is capable of executing code on Windows, Linux, and both architectures of the Mac OS X platform; you're going to want to upgrade today!"

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  1. But I thought IE was the bad one. by singingjim · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Oh yeah, FF is SO secure. Just more proof that if hackers want to hack, they'll find a way. It irks me when I see those Mac commercials about not getting attacked by viruses. The more popular FF became the more the script kiddies had a reason to F with it.

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