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msg:4102962 | 12:36 pm on Mar 23, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Firefox Security Patch Released [news.bbc.co.uk] Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.2 almost a week early after security issues were found in earlier versions.
Firefox 3.6.2 was originally due to launch at the end of March, but is available to download now from the Mozilla website.
The security hole led the German government had issued a warning about Firefox 3.6.
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tangor
msg:4103332 | 9:24 pm on Mar 23, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Additional info at The Register [theregister.co.uk...]
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BillyS
msg:4103465 | 2:40 am on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
This update gave me the old BSOD on restart...
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webcreationuk
msg:4103603 | 10:20 am on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I hope they fixed the problems with the high amount memory consumed... Until then, I stick with Chrome. :)
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drhowarddrfine
msg:4103617 | 11:03 am on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Just finished updating 24 boxes. No issues at all.
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We ran our own tests to confirm what ArsTechnica and CNET both found. Firefox 3.6 uses less memory than IE8.
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frontpage
msg:4103649 | 12:00 pm on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
The update took a few seconds and no issues on restart. On one old box 500MB Ram and a Celeron with WinXP; Firefox runs fine, no memory issues.
I think people with too many open applications in their Toolbar area may have issues.
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aleksl
msg:4104117 | 11:15 pm on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Security, huh? Firefox is crashing on one of my PCs sevral times a day, like a clock. blue screen of death. Win XP, Athlon 64 bit Dual Core. Has been like this since version 2.
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claus
msg:4104144 | 12:28 am on Mar 25, 2010 (gmt 0) |
IMHO, nowadays the biggest security hole WRT Firefox is the Google integration. And that hole seems to grow for every release.
I have officially stopped upgrading Firefox. I let my other security tools do the security work, and let my browser do the browsing only.
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coopster
msg:4104378 | 12:46 pm on Mar 25, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Are you referring to safebrowsing? Just block it.
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