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    Germany warns against use of Firefox browser!


    Posted: 22 Mar 2010
    The German government has warned its citizenry against the use of the Firefox browser due to security issues.

    BBC News - Germany warns against use of Firefox browser
    Posted By: Tarka Dal
    22 Mar 2010



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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 & 64 -(Boot Camped Snow Leopard on a Mac Mini)
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    Switching to a different browser may not be a good solution either, said Graham Cluley, senior technologist at security firm Sophos. "Switching your web browser willy-nilly as each new unpatched security hole is revealed could cause more problems than it's worth," he said.
    "What are you going to do when your replacement browser itself turns out to contain a vulnerability?
    Hear, hear...

    Mozilla Security Blog Thread on this exploit
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    Stools
    Thread Starter
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    Dragonfly said:
    Switching to a different browser may not be a good solution either, said Graham Cluley, senior technologist at security firm Sophos. "Switching your web browser willy-nilly as each new unpatched security hole is revealed could cause more problems than it's worth," he said.
    "What are you going to do when your replacement browser itself turns out to contain a vulnerability?
    Hear, hear...

    Mozilla Security Blog Thread on this exploit

    Yes dear but they meant IE8 is just fine and dandy!

    To be honest the way things are going you won't need a browser as there will be nothing to look at cos there is so much malware.
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 & 64 -(Boot Camped Snow Leopard on a Mac Mini)
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    Seems the guy who found the exploit tried to sell it to Mozilla first, and when they refused, he sold it to Secunia. After he cashed their check, he released it to the wild.

    Extorting browser companies looks like a new cottage industry.
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    Stools
    Thread Starter
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    Dragonfly said:
    Seems the guy who found the exploit tried to sell it to Mozilla first, and when they refused, he sold it to Secunia. After he cashed their check, he released it to the wild.

    Extorting browser companies looks like a new cottage industry.
    There is always an issue with everything in life. No matter what it is it will have a flaw. If everything was perfect then everything would work properly. 1st editions would always be the only editions.
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    weren;t the german government warning against IE last month?
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    Windows 7 7100 build
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    Next up: Stop using the internet.
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    Windows XP - Now Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit).
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    severedsolo said:
    weren;t the german government warning against IE last month?
    Yes! What do they have against browsers Lol; next week Chrome and Opera?
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    W7 64b - Leopard 10.6.2 - Ubuntu 10.10 (MBP Snow Leopard 10.6.3)
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    At least you can be sure the exploit has mozilla's attention now...
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    7 Ultimate x64, Vista Ultimate x64, 7 Pro x64, XP Pro x86, Linux Mint Nadia Cinnamon
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    HA! So that's what that was. Fortunately MSE caught it. I had something try to come in using that loophole - and MSE let it know it wasn't wanted.

    Thanks for the info.
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