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Secunia: Firefox most vulnerable browser
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 16:00
by News Reader
Secunia: Firefox most vulnerable browser
Security firm Secunia has named Firefox as the most vulnerable browser out there after totting up the number of vulnerability reports it published throughout 2008.
Category: News
Publish Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:08 +0100
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Source: bit-tech.net Feed
Description: Computer hardware, games and technology reviews and news
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 18:01
by Baliame
Bit-tech has it outlined very well, it's much easier to find vurnelabilities in Firefox due to it being open source, and therefore Firefox devs probably fix the serious ones first, while I'd bet that the 31 public IE security holes are there since 1.0, and are quite serious ones as well.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 18:13
by Mr. Johnson
Yes, but why does it keep crashing?
It started doing it way before I installed any add-ons...
I know Deject cited a probable cause once, but I can't find the thread any more...
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 18:18
by Baliame
Belgian AIDS? It's not crashing for me.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:16
by Dog Pants
Also, so many more people use IE that hackers are more likely to go for that and ignore FF.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:23
by HereComesPete
Mr. Johnson wrote:Yes, but why does it keep crashing?
It started doing it way before I installed any add-ons...
Clean all trace of it off your pc with something like ccleaner.
Look for a list of known programs that spack it up, like anti-vir stuff that offers automajic homepage hijack protection and bits of IE lying about.
If you find any turn it all off and let a fresh install of FF do it itself.
Get your trusted add-ons back and curse the fact that you forgot to save/write down all your passwords or save a profile.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:36
by Stoat
HereComesPete wrote:Get your trusted add-ons back and curse the fact that you forgot to save/write down all your passwords or save a profile.
Passwords are stored in
key3.db and
signons.sqlite (or similar, depending on version). Do backup your profile folder (Run: "%APPDATA%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/"), but for best results use it to cherrypick items to put in a fresh profile.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:39
by Mr. Johnson
Thanks dudes, will do.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:42
by Baliame
Dog Pants wrote:Also, so many more people use IE that hackers are more likely to go for that and ignore FF.
Well, professionals anyway. Script kiddies probably exploit easy-to-use minor flaws to inflate their e-penises.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 19:54
by Stoat
Apparently the new beta (3.5b4) arrives next week, which may well be worth waiting for. Depending on your extensions, of course.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 21:12
by spoodie
Passwords should also be kept in
Keepass, or the like.
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 21:27
by Dr. kitteny berk
spoodie wrote:Passwords should also be kept in
Keepass, or the like.
or in your mind, or on a piece of paper (I know, someone could just walk away with it, but a lot of the time, that's much less likely than some software hole fucking you over)