Saturday, February 24, 2007
Major Firefox bug, and what to do
Yesterday, someone found a bug in Firefox which could allow a hostile web site to take over your ocmputer.
You should have seen Firefox prompt you today to download and install an upgrade.
If that hasn't happened, make sure you have automatic updates turned on. The setting is under Tools/Options/Advanced, where there's a radio button that says to auomatically download and install updates.
After the update, close Firefox completely (including that stupid Downloads window) and restart.
You should be running version 1.5.0.10 or 2.0.0.2 when you're done. Check Help/About to make sure.
As partial insurance against future problems like this one, I still highly recommend the award-winning NoScript Firefox extension.
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You should have seen Firefox prompt you today to download and install an upgrade.
If that hasn't happened, make sure you have automatic updates turned on. The setting is under Tools/Options/Advanced, where there's a radio button that says to auomatically download and install updates.
After the update, close Firefox completely (including that stupid Downloads window) and restart.
You should be running version 1.5.0.10 or 2.0.0.2 when you're done. Check Help/About to make sure.
As partial insurance against future problems like this one, I still highly recommend the award-winning NoScript Firefox extension.
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