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Firefox Quickies

Posted by kdawson on from the three-twisty-little-items-all-different dept.

First, Gypsy2012 writes with a highly critical security flaw involving both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer, which could allow a malicious attacker to gain remote control of a user's system. It exploits the "firefoxurl://" URI handler. ... Next, reader dsinc sends word that the beta for Firefox 3 has slipped by 6 weeks. The new target date is September 18 at the earliest. The article wonders whether the final release will slip into 2008. ... Finally, reader jktowns points out new anti-phishing features in the latest nightly build of Firefox 3. One of them was added into the code base by the guy who developed the LocationBar2 extension.

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  1. Help the newbies, PLEASE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    So this will only hit me if I have Firefox and Internet Explorer installed?

    What's Internet Explorer?

  2. What's a quickie? by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Troll

    Same as in town, fifty bucks

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    What?
  3. SOMEONE is a little sensitive. by khasim · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hey, don't get mad at ME if this "Firefox exploit" depends upon IE being insecure.

    An application is only as secure as the system it runs on.

    I'll stick to Ubuntu where I have a choice.

    If that offends you, too bad. Get a life and stop trying to make a religious war out of an OS.