30 juli

Security experts advise Firefox users to upgrade
VNUNet.com - UK
IT security experts have advised businesses and home users to update their copies of the Firefox web browser in order to protect against serious security flaws ...
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"Portable Firefox" 1.5.0.5 released
Desktop Linux - USA
The "portable" version of Firefox 1.5.0.5 is now released, developer John Haller reports. "Portable Firefox" is the Mozilla Firefox ...

Mozilla Patches 13 Firefox Flaws
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Mozilla rolls out a Firefox security update that patches 13 vulnerabilities, 8 of them judged "critical." The overall update has been tagged as "highly critical ...
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Opera Browser, Still Perfecting Its Pitch
Washington Post - United States
... Microsoft is in the final tests of a new Internet Explorer, trying to hold off the growing defection of its users to the popular alternative: Mozilla's Firefox ...
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Germany Records Highest Firefox Usage Rate Among Major European ...
Internet Ad Sales (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
AMSTERDAM (July 19, 2006) — More than one in four Germans are using the Firefox web browser to access the Internet, the highest rate among major Western ...

29 juli

McAfee Warns of Firefox Trojan
Moneycontrol Tech Blog - Mumbai,MH,India
McAfee has issued a warning on a new Trojan, which hides itself with the same name as a well known firefox extension called “numberedlinks”. ...
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Redesigned Microsoft.com doesn't support Firefox, Opera?
SysAdmin.it - Italy
In Firefox, Opera or a number of other third-party browsers the site simply redirects to the current homepage, even if you dress the browser up to appear to be ...

Firefox users snap up Netcraft's antiphishing toolbar
PC-Welt - München,Germany
Users of the Firefox Web browser have been flocking to Netcraft Ltd.'s Web site to download the security company's new antiphishing toolbar, a company ...

Latest Explorer and Firefox details leak onto Net
PC-Welt - München,Germany
... Explorer developers have also recently detailed changes to a central feature of many prominent Web-based apps, while developers at rival Firefox have previewed ...

New Firefox 1.5.0.5 Update Improves Security and Stability
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania
As part of Mozilla Corporation's ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 1.5.0.5 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download ...
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Firefox update plugs security gaps
PC-Welt - München,Germany
It's a security update for the browser that addresses 12 security flaws that have been identified. A detailed list of problems fixed ...

Review: Top 10 Mozilla Firefox Extensions
FOX News - USA
Many Web users have turned to Mozilla's Firefox Web browser for its stripped-down, streamlined operation (and because it's less of a target than Microsoft ...

Mozilla releases Firefox update to patch seven critical flaws
Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK
28 July 2006 - Open source software company Mozilla has released an update to its browser, Firefox, to plug twelve security holes. ...
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28 juli

Firefox users need to update (again)
Register - London,England,UK
The Mozilla Foundation has released an updated version of Firefox following the discovery of multiple security vulnerabilities involving the popular browser ...
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Mozilla Fires Off Security Update for Firefox Browser
PC Magazine - USA
Mozilla on July 26 started firing out notices to Firefox users recommending they install a newly released version of the browser, v1.5.0.5, which includes some ...
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New Trojan Acts as Firefox Extension
SDA India Magazine - Singapore
A new Trojan known as FormSpy is targeting Firefox by installing itself as a Firefox extension, McAfee warns. The security firm ...

New Security Update For Firefox
Revolution Portal - Beaconsfield,Quebec,Canada
Mozilla recommends that users install version v1.5.0.5 of the Firefox browser, which includes important security fixes. Mozilla ...
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Trojan poses as Firefox extension
Web User - London,UK
Firefox users are being warned to watch out for a new Trojan that that pretends to be an extension for the web browser. According ...
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Firefox stalked by piggyback Trojan
eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,Canada
According to security company McAfee, a new Trojan horse is making the rounds, installing itself as an extension to the increasingly-popular Firefox Web browser ...
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Firefox update plugs 'critical' holes
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Mozilla on Wednesday released an update to its popular Firefox Web browser that fixes a dozen vulnerabilities, seven of which it deems "critical.". ...
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Anti-Virus Firms Warn of Trojan Horse Mozilla Firefox Extension
MozillaZine - USA
Anti-virus firms are reporting that a trojan horse that takes the form of a Mozilla Firefox extension has been spotted in the wild. ...
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rPath update for firefox
SecuObs - France
DESCRIPTION: rPath has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people ...

Mozilla Issues Security Updates for Firefox
Washington Post - United States
Mozilla has pushed out a new version of Firefox that cleans up a dozen security flaws, more than half of which could be used by malicious Web sites or ...
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Mozilla Patches 13 Firefox Flaws
TechWeb - USA
late Wednesday began rolling out a Firefox security update that patched 13 vulnerabilities, 8 of them judged "critical" by the Mountain View, Calif. ...
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27 juli

Trojan Hides Itself as Firefox Extension
BetaNews - USA
Security firm McAfee warned of a new trojan that installs itself as a Firefox extension on Tuesday, saying it had found Web sites linking to a virus known as ...
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Spyware poses as Firefox extension
Register - London,England,UK
Virus writers have created a spyware package that poses as an extension to the Firefox web browser. FormSpy, which poses as the ...
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Malicious toolbars and extensions try to hijack browsers
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
... Windows Live Toolbar, add a whole cornucopia of features to feature-poor browsers such as Internet Explorer 6, and the number of Firefox extensions seems to be ...

Trojan Spoofs Firefox Extension, Steals IDs
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
An identity-stealing keylogger that disguises itself as a Firefox extension and installs silently in the background was discovered Tuesday by security vendor ...

Trojan Cloaks Itself as Firefox Extension
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
Security vendor McAfee has detected a new piece of malicious software that masquerades as part of the Firefox Internet browser. ...
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PasswordMaker for Firefox
Windows & Net Magazine - Cleveland,OH,USA
PasswordMaker looks like a decent security add-on for Firefox. But ... The second gotcha has to do with the nature of Firefox itself. Since ...

Password-Stealing Trojan Disguised as Firefox Extension
Washington Post - United States
A spam e-mail making its rounds with a file attachment disguised as an "extension" or add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser is actually a Trojan horse program ...

Trojan Invades Through Firefox
Security Pronews - Lexington,KY,USA
McAfee has reported that a new Trojan horse is loose, and this one "is installed as a Mozilla/Firefox component extension." Named "FormSpy," it should only ...

Trojan cloaks itself as Firefox extension
PC World Canada - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Security vendor McAfee Inc. has detected a new piece of malicious software that masquerades as part of the Firefox Internet browser. ...

26 juli

MySpace Delivering Adware
Marketing Shift.com - USA
MySpace has since started to remove the ads, which effected PCs running Firefox versions earlier than 1.5 and Windows users without a recent security patch for ...
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Ubuntu Security Notice - firefox, mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities ...
Help Net Security - Croatia
===== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-296-2 July 25, 2006 firefox, mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2006 ...

Microsoft releases preview of new Microsoft.com site ...
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
... There is one major caveat to the new site, and that is that it doesn't exist for Firefox users. While I initially browsed to the ...

Scandoo and SiteAdvisor Make Surfing Safer
PC World - USA
... Launched in March and snapped up by McAfee in April, SiteAdvisor is a free plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox that automatically color-codes both search ...

Microsoft's New Home Page Shuns Firefox
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Firefox users, however, are redirected to Microsoft's generic "page not found" message and screen. The preview of Microsoft's revamped ...
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GeoTrust's TrustWatch Search Extension Now Available for Top Three ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Today's announcement marks a major expansion of this valuable consumer protection tool to consumers, allowing users of both the Firefox and Flock browsers to ...

25 juli

Five ways to button up Internet Explorer
iT News - Australia
... As in last week's "5 Ways to Bulletproof Firefox," we sniffed out five tools for Internet Explorer that lock down the browser and help make online time safe ...

Google Toolbar for Firefox update
ZDNet - USA
I don't know how long it has been around for, but version 2.1.20060713 of the Google Toolbar was released with support for Firefox...
2.0b1.

Firefox 2.0: Mozilla's Tabs Overfloweth
OSDir - USA
For many Windows users, tabbed browsing is a key attraction for the Mozilla family of browsers. The ability to add multiple 'tabbed ...