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[DJ_Tet]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120756



I did a search and didn't see it posted. Apparently hackers can control your machine through javascript.

 

[Particle Physicist]

uh oh.

 

[MIMIC]

In recent months Firefox has gained significant market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, partly because it is considered less vulnerable to attacks. However, industry observers have long warned that the browser is more secure partly because of its relatively small user base. As Firefox's profile grows, attackers will increasingly target the browser.

IAWTNA.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Well, I turned off Javascript. For those who don't know how, click Tools, Options, Web Features, and unclick "Enable Javascript".

Should people (i.e. me) turn off Java too?

Is this bad? Why wasn't this posted yet? Apparently it's been on Yahoo since 11 am, this isn't like the GAF I knew...

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

maybe they'll update whatever flaw it is that causes Firefox to kill my system with it's 99%-resource-hogging self while they're at it.

 

[belgurdo]

So what meme will people recite now when people complain about IE?

 

[aoi tsuki]

As long as you don't have more than the default two allowed sites for extension installs, you shouldn't be vunerable.

maybe they'll update whatever flaw it is that causes Firefox to kill my system with it's 99%-resource-hogging self while they're at it.

Do you have a lot of tabs open, some with lots of images. That's what does it for me memorywise -- 18 tabs, three with nothing but images (~50 each) and firefox.exe is eating 186M of RAM. i should bookmark these tabs and open them in Opera for comparison.

 

[The Faceless Master]

but does this affect the Mozilla Suite?

 

[Dan]

Meh, for every hole discovered in Firefox, there are dozens already being used to attack Internet Explorer.

 

[xsarien]

So what meme will people recite now when people complain about IE?

"At least the Mozilla Foundation doesn't wait a month to fix the bugs."