Firefox - Critical Security Vulnerabilities

andy88_2

For me, I seem to use IE more, because for some reason I haven't looked into yet, the Onspeed accelerator works faster with it than FF or Opera 8.

It's interesting M$ decide urgent changes are required when the opposition reaches a few % of the market.

Rex_Mundi

For anyone worried about their online security over this Firefox exploit. The advice is to disable Javascript and the Software installation option in Firefox untill the fix is released from the Mozilla Foundation.

Do this through: Tools>Options>Web Features. Untick 'Enable Javascript' and 'Allow websites to install software'

Rex_Mundi

hi - How about avant browser? I think it is extremely good. But i am naive about itssecurity flaws

I'm very impressed with this browser. The only problem is that it's based on IE so allows ActiveX controls. ActiveX is one of the reasons there are so many security problems with IE.

For safety with this browser, you can disable ActiveX. Click Tools and put a tick next to 'disable ActiveX'. Some sites wont run fully with this option disabled (not many), if you trust the site, you can quickly untick this option.

lellie

firefox is still safer than IE... this seems to being blown out of proportion by the press. I may be cynical but microsoft probably encouraged this!

andy88_2

Rex_Mundi wrote:

I'm very impressed with this browser. The only problem is that it's based on IE so allows ActiveX controls. ActiveX is one of the reasons there are so many security problems with IE.

For safety with this browser, you can disable ActiveX. Click Tools and put a tick next to 'disable ActiveX'. Some sites wont run fully with this option disabled (not many), if you trust the site, you can quickly untick this option.

You can edit ActiveX settings in IE as well, for each of the defined zones. And, if you use SpywareBlaster, it lists harmful sites into the Restricted zone for you.

Rex_Mundi

You can edit ActiveX settings in IE as well, for each of the defined zones.

This is another reason I think Avant has an advantage over IE. In Avant to change the settings, it takes 2 clicks. (tools and tick disable ActiveX). In IE the ActiveX settings are a bit hidden from most casual users. To disable ActiveX in IE click Tools>Internet Options>Security (tab at the top)>CustomLevel then disable 'Run ActiveX controls and plugins', click Apply then OK. This can be reversed if you need it for a particular site (that you trust).

lipidicman

I figure that most attacks will target IE because of the user base. An attack on Firefox has a limited scope, so seems less likely to me.

JohalaReewi

shrek101 wrote:

I prefer firefox with all the addons, but for some reason it does seem to take on my system at least 40mb of ram when running.

You can fix this via some 'secret' settings.

Step 1. Type about:config into Firefox's Address Bar and press Enter.

Step 2. Right-click any row, then click New, Integer. Type or paste the following preference name into the dialog box that appears (this is a hidden preference that doesn't exist in the Configuration Console until you create it):

browser.cache.memory.capacity

Step 3. Click OK, then enter the following integer number into the next dialog box, representing 16 MB of RAM for the cache:

16000

Step 4. Click OK to close the dialog box, then close all instances of Firefox and restart it.


Check out

http://windowssecrets.com/041202/

Absorbed_2

I use Opera. The mouse gesters you can do are a stroke of genius. For example, if you want to go back, you hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse to the left, then let go... and you go back.

I haven't tried firefox for a while though...

lipidicman

Pretty sure you can get 'gestures' as a firefox add-on