Swimmer Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 A new, unpatched flaw that affects all versions of Firefox could let attackers surreptitiously run malicious code on users' PCs, a security researcher has warned. The problem lies in the way Firefox handles Web links that are overly long and contain dashes, security researcher Tom Ferris said in an interview via instant messaging late Thursday. Read more Here is the fix to this problem.. https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 hope it gets fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 Hate to tell you I told you so. No wait. I do like to say that. Fire Fox is so much more secure. Fire fox is so great. See I told you all along it was not. HA!! Now before anyone gets all pissy just rember they are probally the same ones that got pissy when I said fire fox being more secure was just a bunch of hot air. Told ya so. The almighty firefox is not as secure as the hardcore users said it was. Told ya so. Dont buy the hype. Use what works best for you. Oh did I forget to say. I told you so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 Hate to tell you I told you so. No wait. I do like to say that. Fire Fox is so much more secure. Fire fox is so great. See I told you all along it was not. HA!! Now before anyone gets all pissy just rember they are probally the same ones that got pissy when I said fire fox being more secure was just a bunch of hot air. Told ya so. The almighty firefox is not as secure as the hardcore users said it was. Told ya so. Dont buy the hype. Use what works best for you. Oh did I forget to say. I told you so. It still has less security problems than the ones that IE has, and FF has many more useful features anyways, so I don't mind using it (I don't mind its security holes).. I would've gotten something with IE anyways.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 is it maybe because there are a lot more people looking for holes in ms products than anything else? what's the point in finding a hole in macos for example. dumbass kid 1: look, i found a way to haxxor 3 of the worlds 200 bazillion computers by exploiting this macos bug. dumbass kid 2 :you are so 1337. that just ain't gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 is it maybe because there are a lot more people looking for holes in ms products than anything else? what's the point in finding a hole in macos for example. dumbass kid 1: look, i found a way to haxxor 3 of the worlds 200 bazillion computers by exploiting this macos bug. dumbass kid 2 :you are so 1337. that just ain't gonna happen. Quite true.. But MS always fixes them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 12, 2005 CID Share Posted September 12, 2005 exactly. all the ms loopholes are the 2 million monkeys on typewriters syndrome. put enough effort into it and you can find a flaw in anthing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 15, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 1.07 is on its way according to anandtech.. "As soon as we got the report that users might be impacted, we began evaluating our options," said Mike Schroepfer, director of engineering at the Mozilla Foundation. Firefox version 1.0.7 and Mozilla version 1.7.12, which fix the IDN flaw, are now being tested, he said. "We're releasing as soon as we possibly can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 Hate to tell you I told you so. No wait. I do like to say that. Fire Fox is so much more secure. Fire fox is so great. See I told you all along it was not. HA!! Now before anyone gets all pissy just rember they are probally the same ones that got pissy when I said fire fox being more secure was just a bunch of hot air. Told ya so. The almighty firefox is not as secure as the hardcore users said it was. Told ya so. Dont buy the hype. Use what works best for you. Oh did I forget to say. I told you so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 I Always hear how securue FF is' now it needs security patches? hmnnnn Im still with IEand always will. You never hear about IE patches, cuz there are too many security issues.. It would take a couple of hours at least to fix them all (download and install patches).. So far, FF is better for me and I hope ppl don't make other exploits for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 15, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 I Always hear how securue FF is' now it needs security patches? hmnnnn Im still with IEand always will. The reason that everyone says that is because most of the time less than 24hours after the problem is found there is a patch to it.. unlike microsoft where you have to wait til the next month's security release or if the problem is worse enough it is released early.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 I Have the automatic updates turned off on my computer' i haven't installed a single patch on it' i have no problems and no issues' im well protected my computer is running great and im happy with the way things are running on my system' patches? maybe when i get corrupted... but then again maybe i will install them. if that happens i'll reformat and wipe the drive clean and perform a back up restoration from Ghost 2003 and have my computer running like before it was attacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 FF is not only better for its security features.. Its got different themes available from its website, tabbed browsing (which IE7 has too) and many other little things that make it the best browser for today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 in life there are too many choices to make' to have a good life' on the net there are choices when it ome to browsers........ there are diehard IE users and theres also diehard FF users' not everyone is going to like the same things' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 in life there are too many choices to make' to have a good life' on the net there are choices when it ome to browsers........ there are diehard IE users and theres also diehard FF users' not everyone is going to like the same things' so stop the nonsense and browse with whatever you are happy with......... That's true.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay173 Posted September 16, 2005 CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 now that firefox looks more like ie, i will stay with faster ie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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