Firefox 3 Vulnerabilities Could Affect Over 14 Million Computers


	Firefox 3 Vulnerabilities Could Affect Over 14 Million Computers

Mohir

6-21-2008 6:27 PM

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firefox, security, malware, spyware

Mohir says:

In conclusion, having in mind that over 14 millions downloads of Mozilla Firefox 3.0 have been performed, users' computers are in potential danger until the security patches are released to fix the existing vulnerabilities.

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6-22-2008 12:05 AM

migcmc03

interesting... thanks.

6-22-2008 3:04 PM

Heitz669

yet it's still safer than ie

6-22-2008 3:27 PM

elunicotomas

aguante el zorrito!

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