Today is a big release day over at Mozilla Messaging. Firefox 3.6.11 is just being processed to be released later today next to a new version of the email client Thunderbird. The new version of the browser has not been officially announced, but is already available on most worldwide mirror sites that are used to [...]
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Firefox 3.6.7 Released
A new version of the popular web browser Firefox has just been released. Firefox 3.6.7 fixes several stability and security issues in the web browser, making it a recommended update for every user of the Firefox 3.6 branch. The new version of the web browser is currently distributed to worldwide mirror servers, and will be [...]
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Mozilla Removes And Blocks 2 Firefox Add-ons
It has not happened often in the past that Mozilla had to pull the plug on add-ons hosted at the official Firefox add-on repository. The developers of the popular Firefox web browser have some tools at their disposal to deal with add-ons that are either malicious in nature or insecure. A recent blog post on [...]
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Mozilla Releases 7th Build Of Firefox 3.6.4
I was pretty much waiting for the announcement that the final version of Firefox 3.6.4 has been released. Imagine my surprise when I saw the notification that yet another beta build was released first. I have been a beta user ever since the first version of Firefox 3.6.4 came out. The latest build is a [...]
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Firefox 3.6.4 Beta 3 Released
Firefox 3.6.4 is a security and stability update to earlier versions of Firefox 3.6.x. The actual public release of Firefox 3.6.4 is targeted for May 13 but the developers have decided to provide an update to Firefox users who have been running beta versions and developer builds of Firefox 3.6.4. This update is already provided [...]
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Firefox 3.6.3 Released. Update Now!
The Mozilla developers have just released Firefox 3.6.3, an update to the latest version of the Firefox web browser. This update fixes a critical security vulnerability in Firefox 3.6.2 making it a recommended update for all uses who have that version of the web browser installed. The critical security vulnerability could allow remote code execution [...]
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Firefox 3.0.19 and Firefox 3.5.9 Released
Mozilla has just released updates to the Firefox 3.0.x and Firefox 3.5.x branches that they still support up to this point even though Firefox 3.6.2 has been released a while ago. It is a little bit like Microsoft still supporting Internet Explorer 6 or 7 even though Internet Explorer 8 has been released. Firefox 3.0.19 [...]
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Firefox 3.6.2 Download Available
The Mozilla developers have initially planned to release the Firefox 3.6.2. security update on March 30 but have since then changed their decision to deliver the update earlier than the scheduled release. Firefox 3.6.2 has been released and is already available through the web browser’s automatic update check and as a download at the Mozilla [...]
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Mozilla Patches Critical Security Vulnerability In Firefox 3.6
A critical security vulnerability in the Firefox web browser has been patched by the Mozilla developers and will be made available on March 30 with the release of Firefox 3.6.2. The vulnerability, which received a critical rating from the Mozilla developers and third parties like Secunia could result in remote code execution. The security vulnerability [...]