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Old May 9, 2005 | 11:51 AM
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Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code is already circulating on the Net, security researchers have warned.

The two unpatched flaws in the Mozilla browser could allow an attacker to take control of your system.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120756
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:01 PM
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NOW can we stop thinking it's more secure than IE?
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:02 PM
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hnoes: we're all screwed
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by umop-apisdn
NOW can we stop thinking it's more secure than IE?
thank you
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by umop-apisdn
NOW can we stop thinking it's more secure than IE?
no...if you read the article, it has already been taken care of by mozilla.org for now, and a patch is being released shortly.....besides...alot of people dont just use it because it is "more secure" I use it because it doesnt infect my computer with 2034802384 spyware a day with popups etc. I like tabbed browsing etc.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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firefox gets less popups and spyware
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:11 PM
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As long as you set up your cookies correctly, turn on the pop-up blocker, AND STOP VISITING pr0n SITES, you will have little to no spyware. I use IE exclusively and the last time I used Spybot & Adaware, I only came up with 5 instances that need to be removed, and all of those where just tracking/data mining cookies.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:11 PM
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yeah i heard about that but it only works in unpatched xp machines i thought
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by umop-apisdn
AND STOP VISITING pr0n SITES, you will have little to no spyware. .
UNpossible!
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:50 PM
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It's only more secure because it's less popular.
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