"Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version." Improvements to product stability were made, several security fixes were added, as well as changes for the Frisian locale (fy-NL). Buter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries. No, I'm not either.
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RE[2]: IE needs patches, FF needs endless reinstallations
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does it have something against this:
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/76019
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Actually, there's a better tool equipped to handle that ... it's called common sense.
And when you see this "common sense" in action, do post and let us know. 
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And, durn you, Thom, I'm now trooping through Wikipedia learning all about polders, the Isselmeer, and the St. Lucia flood.
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If "common sense" is a reasonable defense for browsers, then Internet Explorer should be just fine for everyone.
Not necessarily. There's a difference between installing random plugins you get via email and visiting a website and having your entire machine infected without you having to do anything.
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I dont understand. Are you complaining that they issued 12 security patches? Shouldnt you be happy about that? I know I am when Microsoft releases a bunch of patches to fix holes in XP. Just gives me a bit more confidence in the OS! I know all software is buggy and XP probably is the most buggy software known to man when it comes to security but I welcome to the fixes at least.
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Since 1.5, Firefox had a very annoying bug for yahoo mail users from many places (Europeans who use ISO-8859-1, but probably others too). Every special character (non English) got corrupted when trying to reply to an email or when attaching a file.
At last this has been fixed in this version and MANY users who had to give up Firefox for this reason can start using it again 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315381
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I run two versions of Firefox, one for Linux, and one for Windows (using Wine). Updates work just fine under Wine, because all of Firefox runs under my home directory and all files have permissions associated with my user name. Here, I click on Help, and then on "Check for updates."
With Linux, you have a couple of options: You can wait for an update to hit the repositories of your Linux distribution (anywhere from a week to a month, and it will most likely be a download of the complete program). You can also grab a copy from mozilla.com.
With the update from the Linux distribution, the Firefox executables cannot be modified by the user. One typically installs the version from Mozzila off of the /opt, or /usr/local directories. These, likewise, cannot be modified by the user. Hence, checking for updates doesn't work; indeed, the option is grayed out.
What I don't know is whether a properly set up Windows XP Pro, or Windows 2000 would also block a Firefox update by a normal user. They should block it, or the whole notion of user permissions becomes pretty meaningless.
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In fact, you can update Firefox in Linux the same way as in Windows without having to wait for your distro to upgrade it and having to download the whole version. It is just a problem of permissions.
At least with some distros it works:
http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum1/index.php?topic=10754.0
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On XP, I just wait until a release is available, then run Firefox once as an Administrator user, so I can get the update. It's not really a permissions 'problem'; it's quite right that not every user should be able to modify executables, especially something like a browser with all the exploit-potential that would bring.
Not that I've tried it, but if you install the Mozilla.org Linux release into a non-user-writeable dir, I imagine you can run Firefox as root and get the update that way. Just do 'kdesu firefox' for KDE or 'gnomesu firefox' (I think) for Gnome.
Personally I'm on Gentoo so my FF updates are NEVER quick
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I don't understand why you complain.
I do not complain when patches come out, no matter its Windows, Linux, Firefox or IE.
As long as unknown vulnerabilities become known and fixed BEFORE they go wild, it is a Good Thing(TM).
It means the developers are working, and they are faster than other crackers out there, and they keep their users safe.
And for the trojan extension, would those people try to understand the nature of infection first, before complaining Fx as not secure? It actually takes advantage of OTHER (e.g. IE) vulnerabilities to infect your Fx. Theoretically these kind of infection can infect ANYTHING you can access. Fx is just a victim of such consequence.
Also please take a look at the following URL, and check out what Psyme is. It exploits ADODB.Stream vulnerability that was patched in 2004.
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_140256.htm
What do you think if your system is not yet patched with a fix released in 2004?
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