Another black eye for Firefox 3.5

[muckshifter]

Here at Switched, we're big fans of Firefox, the once alternative Web browser from Mozilla that, within a few years, has become hugely popular, with nearly one in four Web surfers using it today. We quickly downloaded the 3.5 release when it was made available a few weeks ago -- alas, a raft of security warnings are making us wonder whether that was necessarily the best idea.

Not long after the eagerly-anticipated 3.5 release, a major security vulnerability was found -- a flaw that could have allowed shady Internet sites to infiltrate your computer and, possibly, install spyware. That flaw was patched last week, but now, just a few days later, another security hole has been found. It's called the "Unicode Data Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability," and, as of now there's no fix from Mozilla.

Should you be worried? Probably not, as it's unlikely that more than a handful of sites are using this exploit, and they're surely relegated to the darkest corners of the Web. This is really just more of a black eye for the browser, which was pledged as a more secure alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Still, you should always be careful and be wary before you go to random sites you've never heard of -- and, when Firefox prompts you about an important security update in a day or two, you'd best install it. [From: SecurityFocus, via DownloadSquad]

http://www.switched.com/2009/07/20/yet-another-security-flaw-hits-firefox-3-5-web-browser/

 

[crazylegs]

Just goes to show the more popular something becomes, the more likely it will be that people will try to exploit that particular something..

Tis the reason I still use MS Internet Explorer, I keep it updated and as tight as I can...See no reason to change for another that will suffer the same fate sooner or later as MS's offering..

You live and learn..


Nice Heads-up Mr Mucks..

 

[V_R]

I'd still use FF over IE any day....

 

[Taffycat]

I'd still use FF over IE any day....

Me too, I just find IE to be very slow by comparison to FF.

 

[captain zed]

Yeah, i found it hard tojump to FF but when i did i never looked back....its well faster imo....let them battle it out. It makes things better for the consumer...eventually.

Zzzzz

 

[Abarbarian]

I'd still use FF over IE any day....

Me too cos it is a lot prettier.

 

[Urmas]

The latest Opera ain't half bad: http://www.opera.com/browser/next/

 

[Madxgraphics]

The latest Opera ain't half bad: http://www.opera.com/browser/next/

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