The official release date for the next stable version of the Firefox web browser is August 16. This is also the day when all other channels move a version up, so to speak. Beta users will move to version 7 of the browser, Aurora users to 8 and Nightly users likely to version 9. The [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox To Get Better Third Party Add-On Security
Good news for Firefox users who like me think that Mozilla needs to do something against third party add-on installations in the browser. Third party add-ons are browser extensions that are installed from third party programs on the system. It is for instance very common for security software to install toolbars and other add-ons in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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The Best Firefox Security Add-Ons
One of the biggest features and strength of the Firefox web browser is its extensions engine and the support it receives from the Firefox community. Users find thousands of different add-ons for virtually any purpose in the official extensions gallery over at Mozilla. Mozilla tries its best to promote popular and interesting add-ons, but the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 4.0.1 Has Been Released
Mozilla is currently distributing an update of the Firefox 4 browser to worldwide mirror servers to be prepared for the update rush once the updating notification appear in the web browser and on the official project homepage. For now, no sign of the update is visible on the homepage or in form of notifications in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Security Updates
With all eyes on the Firefox 4 launch yesterday, updates for Firefox 3 have slipped by almost unnoticed. Mozilla yesterday made available updates for both active branches of the Firefox 3 web browser. Firefox users who are running Firefox 3.6.15 or Firefox 3.5.18 have the option to upgrade their browser to the latest Firefox 3 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Why I Do Not Review The Firefox Add-On Dubser
I review Firefox add-ons regularly and i like the thrill of diving into the depths of the Firefox add-on gallery to find new add-ons that I have not reviewed yet. Especially so if the add-on description sounds promising. Recently I have discovered an add-on called Dubser which is listed at the Mozilla website. Dubser sounds [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 7
Firefox 3.6.13 Update Available
Just like promised Mozilla has delivered an update to the stable branch of the Firefox web browser. The update, which is released on the same day as the Mozilla Thunderbird update, fixes several security and stability issues in the web browser, making it a recommended update for all Firefox 3.6.12 and earlier users. Firefox 3.6.13 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.6.12 Fixes Critical Security Vulnerability
Now that was fast. The Firefox developers have updated the web browser only a day after the discovery of a 0-day vulnerability on the Nobel Prize website targeting Firefox 3.6 Windows installations. The critical vulnerability affected all Firefox 3.6 and 3.5 releases, and allowed the attacker to compromise a system without user interaction or warning [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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0-Day Firefox 3.6 Vulnerability Emerges
The official Nobel Prize website was hacked yesterday, and for some time ran an exploit targeting a new 0-day vulnerability in the Firefox browser. According to our information, the exploit was used to install a backdoor on the user’s computer system without notifications or warning messages. The backdoor tries to retrieve the path of the [...]