Firefox 16 security alert

[Yorkie]

BBC News - Mozilla Firefox browser upgrade taken offline due to vulnerability

I mostly use IE9 but sometimes use Firefox.I installed version 16 but haven't used it much.I'm going to remove it and stick with IE9 for now.

 

[balsary]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[rbkwp]

Maxthon3 been my Fav, since it came out
simple and does the job well
these big name browsers, always been a pain-in-the-ass for me
Thanks tho, have FF altho rarely use it ..
certainly not going to upgrade to v16

 

[tbrguy]

Latest version of Firefox is 17...

 

[B_stanmarsh14]

More info on the issue from an IT site, The Register

Sites can slurp browser history right out of Firefox 16

 

[Yorkie]

Latest version of Firefox is 17...

Read the links,Firefox 16 was launched on Tuesday.

 

[FullKilt]

Mine updated to 16.0.1 today. It appears to be the current active update that fixes the vulnerabilities.

 

[tbrguy]

Read the links,Firefox 16 was launched on Tuesday.

Yes, but I'm a Beta user: http://www.lpsg.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=220799&stc=1&d=1350084091

 

[B_stanmarsh14]

Yes, but I'm a Beta user: http://www.lpsg.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=220799&stc=1&d=1350084091

.....which could be even more a problem, as most beta builds are based off the previous stable release software (Which would be the affected release Yorkie is making us aware of), so you could also be hit by this issue.