Firefox Zero Day exploit

As far as I can tell, it's only applicable to version 17; we're now up to 23 - but 17 is still, I think, the current ESR (extended release version), so it would be the one used by many corporate networks.

Makes me feel the headline and sketchy article is somewhat misleading.

 

Satrow I agree this article is misleading the person who wrote this does not seem how firefox works to begin with.

Firefox has a maintenance software that can keep firefox up to date bye it self.

And if you are using firefox 17 or lower then it is your own fault that is a risk in it self to catch some virus or malware.

 

Or just switch to Opera and forget about the problems.

 

In all honesty there is nothing really wrong with fire fox when people start to modify there coding in the about:config section then that is what starts messing it up.

Opera is about the same speed as firefox that is very little difference.As a matter of fact i think Opera and some other web browsers codes are based off of fire fox.

I think the only real difference between the other browsers and fire fox is the extra add-on's you can get for more protection.

 

^^ Unless you know what you're doing, going to about:config in Firefox and changing stuff in there won't mess up anything.

Fx has thousands of extensions and thus cannot be compared to other browsers re being customizable via addons and about:config.

I tried Opera some years ago, tried it out for a few days and removed it, imo cannot be compared to Firefox re above. Furthermore Opera is not open source while Fx is.

 

Whatever, dudes. I own an I.T. company, have done so for many years. Also been an I.T. Tech. since the the '80's.
Been using Opera since before most people even heard of it. No probs and will continue to recommend to clients and customers, some of whom are Govt. Depts. Not had one complaint.
Like F.F., so use it, then. But I won't recommend it.


B.T.W:- Please don't get into another browser war, I love/hate F.F. B.S. This is THE LOUNGE. ~Thanks. .

 

Yes Dave, each to his/her own, basically.

 

I was not sayin that there bad just sayin that they are mostly a remake of fire fox.

 

Wrong!, wrong! and wrong! Thanks for the mine of mis-information, but you might wanna check your facts before trying to correct me.rolleyes

Mate, Opera was around long before F.F., not the other way round. (since 1995, in one form or another.) Also, Opera used to be the fastest, unless things have changed fairly recently. (Not that speed has any relevance to a FF security threat thread anyway rolleyes)

Ref:- Wiki:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser

F.F. is based on the Mozilla Browser, as it clearly states, and A.F.A.I.K., has nothing to do with Opera.

 

Well geez if you want to really get technical.:-D

World Wide Web was the first 1990
Mosaic (later Netscape)1993
Netscape Navigator in 1994
Internet Explorer in 1995
Opera debuted in 1996
In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the Mozilla Foundation in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the open source software model. That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox
Apple's Safari had its first beta release in January 2003

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_15

Gecko (layout engine)