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Topic: Firefox 1.5.04 Just Released |
Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 8:40 am |
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Attention Firefox users! Mozilla has just released Firefox 1.5.04, which improves stability and includes 12 security fixes, which are listed on my Blog. There are also details about using Firefox's tab feature on that Blog page.
Internet Explorer users are urged to try Firefox as it is much more secure against driveby downloads and does not use ActiveX at all. ActiveX downloads is one of the methods used to install spyware in Internet Explorer browsers. These exploits do nothing when a person browsing with Firefox visits a hostile website.
The only thing I use Internet Explorer for now is to check for Windows Updates, as Microsoft uses ActiveX for manual updates.
You can get firefox here.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 9:09 am
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| Wiz, two of the fixes refer to "XSS". What is "XSS"? |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 9:33 am
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| a link to the movie [This message was edited by b0b on 02 June 2006 at 12:22 PM.] |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 9:51 am
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Adorable.
And speaking of ActiveX, why do I keep getting a popup asking me about activating ActiveX on THIS (Forum) page, when I look at it? Is it because of b0b's movie clip? |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 11:19 am
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| And speaking of ActiveX, why do I keep getting a popup asking me about activating ActiveX on THIS (Forum) page, when I look at it? Is it because of b0b's movie clip? |
You bet it is! I couldn't even type this reply until I disabled images, Java, and Javascript in my browser! That is one nasty Quicktime plug-in bug on Firefox.
I wish you would have just posted a link to the movie b0b.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 11:23 am
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| It loaded fine in my Firefox. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
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mickd
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london,england
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 11:37 am
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| worked fine here - but I'm on 1.0.7 ... |
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 3:01 pm
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b0b;
The movie loaded fine in FF. The problem showed up when I clicked on Reply and tried to type my reply. Nothing happened in the reply textarea until I deactivated JavaScript in my Options and reloaded the page. Then I was able to type my reply and submit it. Something about the script that calls on the QT plug-in is also interfering with typing into input fields while the QT movie script is active in the browser's memory space.
Thanks for changing it to a link instead of embedding the active content.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices
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