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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Vulnerability Found

Less than a day after the Firefox 3 has been launched, a zero day vulnerability has been found that not only affects Firefox 3.0 but also earlier versions such as Firefox 2.0.x. The vulnerability was verified at TippingPoint labs and then it was reported to the Mozilla security team.
The exact details of the vulnerability are [...]

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Firefox 3 releases on June 17th

The much awaited release of the next version of Firefox browser has been announced - June 17th. Firefox 3 will be officially released on June 17th and an attempt will be made, on the same day, to set a Guinness world record for software downloads. Currently Firefox 3.0 RC3 is available for download and Mozilla [...]

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Fix: Browser closes while opening certain websites and pages

Since last few weeks my browsers, both IE and Firefox, started behaving strangely. Whenever I tried to open certain websites or if I tried to navigate directly to internal pages of certain websites, my browser window would close leaving me with no information on what made them close. I thought it would be worthwhile to [...]

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Blocking Ads: The dark side of ad blocking and its consequences

As Internet continues to evolve from just a concept more than a decade ago to it being called a network of networks, it has come a long way. Many years ago, companies used to be confined to a small geographical area for selling their products and when Internet came into picture, companies found that just [...]

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Customize the look and feel of your GMail with this Firefox extension

Who doesn’t want to make her/his GMail interface look pretty and better? I know, most of us do! Gmailskins is an excellent extension for Firefox browser that will let you change the look and feel of your GMail interface by completely integrating with your GMail account and also make it look much better than how [...]

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Are Firefox Addons and Plugins Safe to Use?

Are you a fan of Firefox and other Mozilla products and enjoying every bit of what they offer? This will be an interesting question for you - Would you know if the add-ons or the plugins that you use for Firefox and other Mozilla products are safe to use?
What is that’s not so safe about [...]

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Secure Your Firefox Browser with Firekeeper Intrusion Detection System

Firekeeper is an IDS, Intrusion Detection System, for Firefox browser that can detect, warn and block the websites that are malicious in nature. Firekeeper has the ability to scan the incoming traffic, including HTTPS, and analyze URL, body and response headers to cancel further processing of suspicious looking websites.
Firekeeper uses rules that are similar [...]

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